What details of your life could you pay more attention to? Attention is a fleeting companion. Being attentive in any moment is a challenge; still, to be awake is to attend one’s life. I love that word, “Attend.” We attend concerts, the movies, the theatre, parties, meetings, and school. Is our attendance more than an … Continue reading All of Them!
world I imagined,world I knew,gone.familiar markers moved, changed.Unknown.Absent.container of faithcarefully curatedneatly shelvedbroken open.remembered contentleaking.what remains?Emptiness. Possibility.Love?who will guide my feet?what will mark the way?to what shall I turn?there is no re-turnonly forward, downwardmarkers goneis this the path?is there a path?what container will I use?is there a container at all?mind of a beginner, seekingUnknown and Known.Absent … Continue reading Hidden Markers, Broken Containers
What's your #1 priority tomorrow? A cheery smile greets me as I arrive. “Today is my name,” they say with a hopeful, helpful smile. “I’m here to see Tomorrow,” I say. Looking a bit bewildered but still smiling, Today says, “There is no one here by that name.” “Wait. Let me see Yesterday then. Yesterday, … Continue reading No One Here By That Name
In what ways does hard work make you feel fulfilled? Admittedly, my first inclination was to interpret this as physical labor; physical labor is hard work. After reflecting, I am willing to see hard work includes any work in which someone can fully engage themselves. Practice makes the work easier but any work might be … Continue reading Working Hard
What’s the trait you value most about yourself? When my children were young, I would read to them most nights before bed. Often children’s stories have multiple characters, and so I would attempt to create appropriate voices for members of the Berenstain Bear family or Junie B Jones or any of children’s favorites. Almost without … Continue reading My Own Voice
Daily writing promptList three jobs you'd consider pursuing if money didn't matter.View all responses I already posted an answer to this prompt; however, the essence of the question stuck with me after I left the computer: if money didn't matter. My original post focused on my own work life, settling on a self-congratulatory, "I would … Continue reading Work-Life: A Do-Over Post
List three jobs you'd consider pursuing if money didn't matter. Money has never been the goal of my work life. Sure, I wanted enough to live and provide for the significant people in my life. I currently do the same work I have done for just shy of 38 years. The work I chose and … Continue reading Money Matters?
The truth in this startles once again: Unsought, what I need arises.Unbidden, this moment comes. Each new moment arising in my life offer to teach me something. Sometimes it seems as if the Universe is saying almost imperceptibly, “Here I am.” The Sugar Maple waves.Then stilling, she becomes my meditation guide. I watch the Sugar … Continue reading Unsought, What I Need Arises
Some mornings- like today!- I cannot get aligned or grounded in my morning practice. My mind is wandering everywhere even as I sit my meditation/centering prayer. I cannot “draw” or release myself back to the moment. I let go and let go and let go and let go. I may rationalize that this is building … Continue reading Returning to Thanks
What could you do more of? For ten years of my life leading up to the pandemic, I walked daily between three and five miles. There is so much to experience on a walk. The world slows down and flowers come into focus. Birds become more than sounds from the foliage with fleeting glimpses of … Continue reading More Walks with Intent
Infinitely Precious 