Monthly Archives: July 2015

Mental Gardening

Posted on Wed 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

28 July 2015 We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts, is that the universe is in us. ~Neil deGrasse Tyson   This morning, in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Inside Friendship

Posted on Sat 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

24 July 2015 It is not selfish to love oneself.  A person can give so much to their friends that there is literally nothing left for them.  This is where lonely despair and exhaustion can enter in.  I know this … Continue reading →

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Inside Friendship

Posted on Wed 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

21 July 2015 Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it, one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.  ~ Eleanor Roosevelt   I spent last weekend in the company of women.  All of us present  were related, … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Heroism, Close and Personal

Posted on Fri 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

17 July 2015 Courage is found in unlikely places.  ~ J.R.R. Tolkien As I looked at the people in my life this week thinking of their hero stories, it occurred to me to turn the viewer around to face the … Continue reading →

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Heroism, Close and Personal

Posted on Wed 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

14 July 2015   I fell in love with a guy when I was 18.  In the forty years since, that love has wobbled and wavered, been tested in a 1,000 different ways, and felt as if it has broken … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Being What We Are

Posted on Fri 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

10 July 2015 My eye is still twitching.  The work I’ve done around it, both physical and emotional, hasn’t made it go away.  I wish it had.  I wish that there was always a direct relationship between effort out and desired … Continue reading →

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Being What We Are

Posted on Tue 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

7 July 2015   Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering.  There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. ~ Leonard Cohen     It’s so tempting to want to be what … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Knowing it will end

Posted on Fri 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

3 July 2015   It’s easy to acknowledge the singularity of each life in a theoretical way, but much harder for me to absorb this reality in a way that impacts how I live.   It’s easy to say, almost … Continue reading →

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Knowing it will end

Posted on Wed 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

30 June 2015 Don’t bend; don’t water it down;  don’t try to make it logical;   don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion.  Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.                 … Continue reading →

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