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Blessing myself — a new frontier

Good Evening, God! Today I began the “assignment” to BLESS myself. I started with blessing You and that helped me to better understand blessing.  Before, I didn’t even know that I didn’t understand what blessing was and involved.   Now I am

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Posted in Blessing, connecting, healing, health, Humility or Needing Help!, kindness, LOVE, Prayer

A New Look at Blessing

Good Evening, God! Look what I stumbled upon! This Thanksgiving holiday I took it into my head to review, sort and donate some of my books. I have a lot of books. It took me all day to empty four

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Posted in Blessing, Choosing to respond, connecting, Prayer

The Dark Side of “Forgiving”

Good Day, God! Forgiving is an incredibly powerful tool for good. That’s why it is so upsetting to me to hear it misused,  misunderstood and misapplied. Forgiving is NOT forgetting Forgiving is NOT condoning Forgiving is NOT ignoring Forgiving is

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Posted in a prayer for healing, Caring, Compassion, connecting, Forgiving, LOVE, Prayer

We are all earthenware cups

Good Day, God! I made this clay cup years ago . . . I intended it to be a Tree/Cup . . . but clay shrinks during firing and so the trunk is a bit small for my hand.  Still,

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Posted in Anger, Centering Prayer, connecting, Creating, Forgiving, LOVE, opportunities to forgive myself, Prayer

Our Inner Hearts

Good Morning, God Last week on a walk/jog up my valley I looked into the heart of a hibiscus. I thought about how You look into our hearts.  This flower lasts for only a day. And I suppose, God, that our human life

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Posted in awareness, connecting, Humility or Needing Help!, Prayer, Praying for our enemies, respect

The blessings of being Tattered

Good Day, God! I hadn’t ever thought of being a bit “tattered” as being a blessing. But, yesterday sitting outside in the backyard of my Spiritual Director’s Makiki Heights home I glanced over at her clothesline and saw varied colored

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Posted in Being a Blessing, Blessing, connecting, gratitude, Prayer

Plumerias in Winter

Good Evening, God It is winter here in Hawaii . . . it is 75 right now and cloudy. This week the highs will be between 79 and 81 and the lows may hit 68! Hardly winter anywhere else .

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Posted in a prayer for healing, connecting, growing toward up, healing, Peace, Prayer, Praying for our enemies

Embraced by Love . . .

And now a Wild Thought: Just as there are free “charging” stations for electric cars — wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were Spiritual Charging Stations for us humans?

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Posted in connecting, Light, LOVE, Prayer

FULL of Feelings

I’m sure glad YOU are in charge . . . except You are delegating to each one of us, aren’t You.

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Posted in both / and, breathing in Your Spirit, Caring, Compassion, connecting, gratitude, Grief, hope, Prayer

A Peaceful Day

Today was a day entirely at home. I had no idea that having nothing on the calendar would be so refreshing.

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Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, Peace, Prayer, rest

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