A funny thing happened the other morning as I was enjoying my coffee and taking in the pretty, greening back yard. Two tree swallows flew in the porch door I left open. The birds darted around our open living space, tying to find a way out. I immediately opened all the windows and doors and […]
Continue ReadingWho Are You?
Who are you? We often think of ourselves as the things we do, our job, or the roles we play; Mother, father, teacher, sister, brother, the type of work we do (or don’t do), a retired person … We think we are our history and what happened to us. We think we are our genetic […]
Continue ReadingOde to Spring Peepers
Ode to Spring Peepers (My beloved frog friends) I’m yearning for the call of the spring peepers. The smell of the warming damp earth. The robin’s hopping around. The geese honking and flying overhead. The longer light filled days. But especially the peepers. They signal to my delighted soul that Winter is saying good bye […]
Continue ReadingWhat I Learned About Suffering & Wisdom: A Helpful Paradox
I was recently reflecting on my last blog post about the ‘one big thing’ I learned that changed my life. If you missed it, you can read it here. The one big thing I learned is: Real wisdom comes with a nice feeling. What I was pointing to with that is that, if you are […]
Continue ReadingThe One Big Thing That’s Changed My Life
This past weekend I went to a fabulous conference in California. It was about understanding our ‘true nature’. I won’t go into all the details now, but it had me reflecting on the ‘one big thing’ that I’ve come to understand deeply that has changed my life. I know it probably sounds dramatic to put it […]
Continue ReadingLife Created Through the Lens of Thought
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~ Anais Nin In the last blog post that I shared, I presented an inside-out understanding of life that I’ve found super helpful to me and those I work with. The basic gist is that we experience life through the lens of […]
Continue ReadingWhat If Life Works Differently Than You Think?
There’s a good chance you may find this understanding about life, that I’m about to share with you, a wee bit irritating. It certainly annoyed me when I first heard it. But it also resonated with me and felt like home – like peace. And that last part is what moves me to share it […]
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