Daily writing promptHow do you balance work and home life?View all responses Balance is an attitude. Time cannot measure the balance; perhaps only meaning and presence can. When I am “at” work, am I really present, giving my best in that moment to the work to be done and relationships to be nurtured? When I … Continue reading Balance Is An Attitude
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.
Hold On
Sometimes it is difficult to believe that you and I are precious. There are voices outside us and voices within us that try to convince us otherwise. Sometimes those voices are remembered voices tied to previous failures and mistakes. Sometimes those voices are the critical voices spoken in the moment. I suspect in our shared … Continue reading Hold On
Unfinished Stories
I was at a memorial service yesterday. I was also facilitating the experience. Every time I lead a funeral or memorial, a variety of thoughts arise in me. Every person is a gift. Everything is a gift. There is meaning in rituals that celebrate the gift of a life, particularly in a memorial/funeral service. A … Continue reading Unfinished Stories
You Matter
You matter. You are precious. And knowing this is important because to know that one's preciousness means that affirmation from others is no longer perceived as necessary. The other affirms and it is fine. The other does not affirm and that is fine. Your preciousness is not derived from outside yourself. It is not even … Continue reading You Matter
Pause My Inner Critic
Daily writing promptWhat's one small improvement you can make in your life?View all responses A small step would be the recognize when I am dragging myself over the coals for some imagined transgression (or even a real one!) and simply pause, catch my breath, and let it go. And then repeat that response as often … Continue reading Pause My Inner Critic
You Define Preciousness
You are incomparable. Sometimes it seems everything gets its value through comparing to to something else; for example, gold is valued as a more precious metal than iron (unless you want to make steel in which case gold is fairly useless except to trade for iron). We seem to see everything as an exclusively either/or … Continue reading You Define Preciousness
Why “infinitely precious?”
Everything (and everyone) is a reflection of an aspect of what is infinite and ultimate. Looking at one another is the opportunity to see an unrepeatable bit of all-that-is. That is what makes each infinitely precious. There is an immeasurable quality to each reflective element of the All. To recognize that each one contains the … Continue reading Why “infinitely precious?”
Infinitely Precious 