Vows
Essentially, what I’m talking about…owning one’s life, for better and for worse, saying out loud, “This is who I am, this is who I’m not, this is what I want, this is what I’m leaving behind.” ~Shauna Niequist From Present-Over-Perfect I devoured this book in one day. I can assure you that it…
Read MoreTo Tree or Not to Tree…
Like a tree, our growth depends upon our ability to soften, loosen and shed boundaries and defenses we no longer need. ~Madisyn Taylor I wonder if trees feel as immensely uncomfortable softening, loosening and shedding as I do. If so, I have a whole new respect for trees and their process. I have always admired…
Read MoreSigns
Impatience is a sign of hurrying, hurrying is a sign of worrying, worrying is a sign of fear, and fear is a sign that someone has temporarily forgotten that it’s never too late to change their thoughts and, therefore, their “things.” Glad we could straighten that out, The Universe (a.k.a Mike Dooley) There…
Read MorePerceptions
Courageous is the soul who adventures into time and space to learn of their divinity. For while they cannot lose, they can think they have, and the loss will seem intolerable. And while they cannot fail, they can think they have, and the pain will seem unbearable. And while they cannot ever be less than…
Read MoreCan You Hear Me Now?
Fear is always about what might happen, not much about what’s happening right now. When you’re present in the moment there may be discomfort, even real pain or sadness, but not a lot of fear. Fear is about your projections. ~Deep Spring Center Thought for Today Open up your mind and senses…
Read MoreShining
Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; They just stand there shining. ~Anne Lamott What a magnificent analogy! It’s almost comical to imagine a lighthouse running all over an island, yet it’s so easy to find myself wanting to be enough for someone else. Not so much…
Read MoreSlowing Down
“Solitude is the place of purification.” ~Martin Buber “There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom.” ~Sidonie Gabrielle Colette I enjoy using my oracle cards and use them only when I sense I need to. Today was one of those days. I am taking the week off…
Read MoreDiscipline
The word discipline comes from the Latin root discipulus, a learner. Disciple, one who learns from a master teacher, comes from the same root. If we thought of self-discipline as Self-discipline, the true meaning would be “to learn from our Higher Self.” Too often we think of self-discipline as cracking the whip to make ourselves…
Read MoreClarity
Have you noticed how lacking clarity is clarity itself? How, if you aren’t sure about something, that alone, has meaning? Honor uncertainty. It’s the womb from which all-knowingness comes. Clearly, The Universe a.k.a. Mike Dooley WOW! If this doesn’t ring true for me right now, I have no idea how else to…
Read MoreTo-Do List
Confront your fears, list them, get to know them, and only then will you be able to put them aside and move ahead. ~Jerry Gillies What a seemingly daunting task, especially when the fears are directly connected to self-judgment and beliefs that have been held for far too long. My current space of…
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