Daily writing promptWhat are your daily habits?View all responses Participation. I begin my day with preparing and sharing breakfast. It is the opportunity to participate in the lives of those I love. I get to offer a bit of myself and time to feed family (sometimes other guests, too!) and prepare them for the day. … Continue reading Patterns of Living
Author: James
I am a seeker, a contemplative, a husband, a father, a son, and a friend. I have found that everyone and everything is infinitely precious and unconditionally loved for the gift they already are.
Getting caught up… again
I have a morning daily practice that includes meditation, reading, journaling, reflecting. It is a helpful practice and sets me up to keep practicing presence throughout the day. While I know better than to attach a value to my daily practice, this morning was especially good! And having labelled it, I find myself smiling even … Continue reading Getting caught up… again
What I learned from Jesus
When I look at the stories of Jesus of Nazareth, I see a person teaching and modeling a path for living. Jesus taught about healing and wholeness, and facilitated others finding the wholeness about which he taught. Jesus practiced being in the moment, with whoever he happened to be with then. He would stop at … Continue reading What I learned from Jesus
A Good Failure at “Little Things”
I spent the last several days spinning in frustration. After all, I have had a meditation practice for more than 10 years and little things are not supposed to trip me up. Hadn't I arrived at some deeper place? That is what happens when I start to imagine I have arrived and move from a … Continue reading A Good Failure at “Little Things”
Learning to Trust Myself
Here I am. Right NOW. There is no other time; there is only this now and then this now. As I reflect on my life and my still being here and alive now, I must have been enough in every previous now for it has brought me to this moment in which I am writing … Continue reading Learning to Trust Myself
Books Seem Magical
List three books that have had an impact on you. Why? My initial response to the question: whatever book I read next! I have long looked at the acquisition of knowledge as the key to unlock some unknown magic of self-discovery or universal wholeness or Who-God-Is. Whatever that next book, it will surely, almost certainly, … Continue reading Books Seem Magical
Afraid of embarrassment
What fears have you overcome and how? I have spent a lifetime trying to avoid being embarrassed. Maybe not a lifetime really. Just since I was six which was some time ago. I was at a neighbor's house for dinner when something I said left me being the source of everyone else's laughter; only what … Continue reading Afraid of embarrassment
Stop!
How do you know when it’s time to unplug? What do you do to make it happen? I begin every morning with a sit, a time to meditate and listen to myself. I can feel when I am out of sorts and it has actually helped me tune in to that reality not just in … Continue reading Stop!
Self-Affirmations
I want to encourage the use of these four affirmations to begin every day and then throughout the day as a reminder. Post them on your mirrors, fridge, and anywhere else that you might need a reminder. I am Precious I am Loved I am Unique I am A Gift These are true for you. … Continue reading Self-Affirmations
A Little of This
Daily writing promptWhat jobs have you had?View all responses My first job was cutting grass. That was over four decades ago. I counted inventory for three Christmas seasons at a hardware warehouse and worked in a men's clothing store. They each gave me some spending money and an experience of what it is to work … Continue reading A Little of This
Infinitely Precious 