Happy New Year 2013

This is a day I was not sure I would experience. That may sound strange to some, but it has a very deep core of meaning for me. In October of 1999, I was at a workshop where one of the exercises was to look ahead in time and see the end of […]

A Time to Lie Fallow

I went to hear Rev. Jim McConnell speak this morning because I knew the theme was bleak midwinter or the season of our discontent. I knew this would be relevant to me as I have sometimes felt less than patient as I recuperate surgery. Especially with the tasks of readying for our departure, I […]

Grace and Ease

Last night a good friend, Laurel Izard, called to share what she received in her reading for me. The first thing that came through was my Paternal Grandmother. I did not know my father’s mother, but I remember being at the home of my cousin, Eddie McDaniel, and having him show me a […]

A Candle for Lizzie

From The Book of Awakening, by Mark Nepo (December 3) It reminds me of a dream I had when ill, in which I came to the edge of a forest where the narrow, lighted spaces called to me. I stood there through many opportunities until an ageless woman of great resolve appeared, saying, […]

Gentle With Myself

Quite possibly the greatest change in this whole process will occur within ourselves.  We don’t think much of ourselves, or in the other extreme, sometimes way too much! In any case, most people are terrible to themselves!  They beat themselves up for their mistakes and crucify themselves for their “failures and shortcomings.” I […]

Unexpected Gifts

All those statistics that you are gathering about your own experiences and about others are only about how somebody has flowed Energy. It isn’t about any hard fast reality. Abraham-Hicks (Excerpted from the workshop in Detroit, MI on Saturday, July 8th, 2000) Yesterday’s “messages from the universe” arrived in multiples, as though the only […]

A Heart Full of Grace

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ~ Buddha This evening I was in the middle of my muddle when I received an email message from another human being navigating the “slings and arrows […]

Beads!

I have been very surprised to find myself in a bead shop two times in the past week making strings of beads. I have not been into beads, and have never made jewelry. In fact, most of the time I do not wear necklaces, either, but these beads are not just fashion. The […]

When Nothing More Can Be Done

 “Illness and the opportunity it presents people to engage consciously and actively in a journey toward wholeness can be one of the most transformative experiences that life offers. It provides you with space for self-reflection, for caring for yourself and your needs in a way that may not have been possible in your […]

Welcome Change

This past weekend I was fortunate to attend a fall meditation retreat at the Howell Nature Center. To allow us to enjoy being in a more timeless place than is practical in our everyday lives, bells are rung for “wake-up” and at mealtimes, and five minutes before group gatherings. Since I am an […]