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A NEW Concept/Word/Awareness

Good Evening, God I LOVE stumbling across a new aspect of reality — especially one that seems so analogous. Natural streams (One You and Mother Nature create) all have a Zone that goes from the bottom or the stream bed

Posted in a hand up, a new view of Commons, a series of molts and upgrades, clean and tidy, Cleansing, clear waterways, connecting, healing, layer upon layer, learning, Lessons, Making Amends, web of life

Compassion for My Human Condition

Good Evening God, Having my false self stripped away . . . layer by layer . . . has given me a semi joyful acceptance of my True Self. I am thankful to be me — but I am aware

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Posted in a hand up, Abundant Life, accepting my need for help, acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Cherishing our Bodies, comfort, Compassion, compassion to care for myself, complexity, connecting, Energy, Forgiven!, Forgiving, God wants to nourishes us, gratitude, growing toward up, Help me to see, Humility or Needing Help!, layer upon layer, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, LOVE

Walking a free-form labyrinth

Good Evening, God! Imagine my delight, God, when I was lead by a dear friend up to the the labyrinth at the Saint Anthony’s Retreat Center.  My delight was compounded by finding it was a “free-form” labyrinth.  It wandered in

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Posted in delight, Enjoyment, Inner Journeys, Labyrinth, layer upon layer, learning, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us

The Power of Information

Good Evening, God! I came across a  interesting article in the August 14, 2017 Bloomberg Businessweek on mapping the ground UNDER New York City.  Subterranean cartographers are at work, God, combining a variety of maps to get a FULL information

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Posted in connecting, images, interactions, layer upon layer, learning, mental maps, processing on deeper levels, supportive organizational structures

New meanings for Upright

During this “class,” Dr. Cracknell explained that if our head is one inch forward of plumb, we double the stress on our back muscles. If our head is two inches forward we quadruple our muscle stress. It is an exponential relationship. Yikes!

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Posted in asking for help for myself, Balancing and adjustments, Cherishing our Bodies, layer upon layer, slow incremental change

The Eiffel Tower and my Warrior Part — a matter of SCALE

Good Day, God! I confess that for years I had pooh-poohed the iconic Eiffel Tower as just TOO iconic. That was before I stood underneath it and was overwhelmed by its powerful presence. At a distance it is still impressive

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Posted in a matter of scale, accepting gifts sight unseen, adjusting, layer upon layer, Uncategorized

The Lion Dance and the Importance of Fun

Good Day, God! And a very good day it was — complete with a colorful and noisy Lion Dance at my Rotary lunch-time meeting. Noise is an important part of the dance — the idea being to scare away evil

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Posted in Endurance, Enjoyment, layer upon layer, learning, Persistence

Unfurling — Still more growing to do

I am a Child. And Growth comes more from the Failing and Forgiving than from “getting IT right!”

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Posted in a hand up, Compassion, growing toward up, layer upon layer, LOVE

Out in the Rain — Looking through Layers

Good Morning, God! Last night I really wanted Korean food and Kit, my wonderful husband, agreed. So off we went to our local Yummy Korean BBQ. I love viewing the world through car windows, God. When I am the driver,

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Posted in Communication, complexity, gender universes, layer upon layer, mental maps

Lamp poles and Life’s Layers and Mental Maps

Good Day, God! I love this photo. I love the swirls of the lamp post which seem to say Isn’t THIS FUN! A joyful lamp post? Well, I feel joyful looking at it. Then on the left are the unstructured

Posted in complexity, JOY, layer upon layer, responding to "nudges", responding to God's Spirit

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching