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
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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
Reconnecting
Do you practice religion? Religion is from the Latin ‘religare’ meaning to bind together, perhaps even to re-bind. In many ways that is what I am learning to practice. I began a long journey of “binding together” (practicing religion) as a follower of the path of Jesus. In the early days of that journey, I … Continue reading Reconnecting
Feeling Seen and Valued
What is the legacy you want to leave behind? It is my hope that my legacy will be people feeling seen and valued for the people they are. Every person matters and I make it my practice to listen and respond to anyone I meet. If just one person feels valued, accepted, and/or seen because … Continue reading Feeling Seen and Valued
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
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
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 