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“When you can bring your own energy forth to truly hear others in a compassionate way and can create compassionate dialogue, then you give them a model to bring forth to others who have a more opposite view. It is this steady expansion of the loving heart we all share that is the greatest […] “Without renewal of mind, there is no transformation.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghana-born PhD student in geosciences, author; age not provided at goodreads.com This opening quotation in a friend’s daily thought really spoke to me. June 16, 2018, I celebrated the birthday of my dear friend and yoga teacher in a small class that meets on […] HALT is a way to remind ourselves the importance of not letting ourselves get too hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. After a long day of unpacking, going to play dominoes with good friends was made much more fun when I got to hold a new kitten, Lucy. Lucy has an older sister kitty, and I […] Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay. ~ The Dalai Lama I am suddenly feeling quite weary. My eyes are burning and I can barely stay awake. It is almost 11:00 pm, but I don’t think this is physical tired. Something is pulling […] This morning I was catching up doing “Day One” of Pompe Strater-Vidal’s 11-Day Meditation Challenge on the 4 aspects of Immeasurable Mind, Loving Kindness, Compassion, Equanimity and Joy, that started yesterday. The message on loving-kindness practice was about how you have to begin by loving and being kind to yourself. I was directed to identify […] IF IN LIFE There will always be a ‘lie’ in believe, An ‘over’ in lover, An ‘end’ in friend, An ‘us’ in trust, And an ‘if’ in life. —author’s name not provided The Boehner aphorism, “If ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas,” was coined by the Dallas Cowboys […] “Daily the world grows smaller, leaving understanding the only place where peace can find a home.” — Huston Smith In 1958, Huston Smith wrote “The Religions of Man”, which has been a standard textbook in college-level comparative religion classes for half a century. In 1991, it was revised and expanded and given the […] Sometimes I notice myself deciding I am where I want to be. Sometimes where I am to be is very clear. My poetry group meets in Florida. When I am in Michigan, we FaceTime me in for the gathering. This week, afterwards they all went out for dinner. I wasn’t there, or was I… […] A local restaurant offers all-you-care to-eat fish dinners on Friday evening. We were meeting my sister and brother-in-love early and we arrived first, way before the place got busy. “I love your necklace,” our waitress placing menus on our table. “What can I get you to drink?” Slipping the charger off off my neck, […] |
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