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Gratitude and “The Color of Truth”

Nov 252012
 
Gratitude and "The Color of Truth"

Expressing Gratitude I love the gratitude that is expressed at Thanksgiving.  All of the earnest offerings of Giving Thanks, spoken aloud around dinner tables across the US.  The thousands of Facebook posts, where friends declare publicly what they’re most thankful for. I, like many of you, am grateful for my health.  When I stop to monitor my unencumbered breath in, breath out, I can’t help but be reminded that I indeed have my health to be grateful for: cancer-free.  The gratitude I have around my health is as vibrant, loud, and enormous, as any hot air balloon would be to Continue reading >>

 November 25, 2012  Posted by at 1:53 AM No Responses »

He Prefers to Trust His Mother?!!?

May 022012
 
He Prefers to Trust His Mother?!!?

I don’t have a mantra I repeat to my boys, although I have certain things/lessons I repeat to them regularly. The whole concept of Yin and Yang. Everything happens for a reason. Trust yourself. When you feel unsure if you’re able to Trust yourself (perhaps whatever it is feels too big for a kid), ask Mom or Dad for help. I often tell them to Trust What Is.  SEE What Is, and Trust that; don’t invent stories in your head, fiction that your mind can run away with, none of which is probably true.  Trusting What Is speaks to me, Continue reading >>

 May 2, 2012  Posted by at 7:00 AM No Responses »

Expectations & Motives…. Tricky Business

Apr 232012
 
Expectations & Motives.... Tricky Business

Sometimes we expect more from others because we would be willing to do that much for them.   What do you think about that statement? I think it sounds pretty reasonable — at first glance.  Probably because there’s a certain quality of “sounding fair” about it.  I can easily hear myself saying, “Hey, I would do that for you….  Actually, I have done that for you.  Seriously?  You’re not going to do the same for me??” And here starts the tricky business…. First, my mind tries to grapple with why you wouldn’t go the distance for me, when I so Continue reading >>

 April 23, 2012  Posted by at 7:00 AM 5 Responses »

Ahhh, Simple Pleasures

Apr 092012
 
Ahhh, Simple Pleasures

My friend went away for the three-day Easter weekend.  Before she left, she asked me if I’d stop in and check on her cat, Penny.  Just make sure she has food and water, that sort of thing. Penny the Cat lives across the street and two doors down.  An easy hop, skip, and a jump for my boys and me to make several times a day.  The first time we went to check on Penny, we arrived with board games and Mockingjay, juice boxes and string cheese, clearly ready to campout for several hours.  And campout we did.  Several rounds Continue reading >>

 April 9, 2012  Posted by at 6:30 AM No Responses »

THANKFUL.

Mar 302012
 
THANKFUL.

Yes, I am.  Very thankful. Basking in the wonderful news of not needing to see my oncologist ever again, I find myself overwhelmed with feelings of thankfulness.  Since hearing the news, I’ve been floating.  Floating so much that I can barely concentrate to write a coherent sentence. My mind feels like being quiet and still.  I don’t want to rush through this time of inner celebration.  Instead, I’d like to move in slow motion and savor the feelings of gratitude, wrapping them around and around me, like the fibers of a well fitting silk cocoon. I’ll emerge again next week.  Continue reading >>

 March 30, 2012  Posted by at 7:00 AM 4 Responses »
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