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To Trust – In Our Strengths
24 June 2017 When you need to stop an asteroid, you get Superman. When you need to solve a mystery, you call Batman. But when you need to end a war, you get Wonder Woman. ~ Gail Simone Last night … Continue reading
To Trust – To Let Go
20 June 2017 This moment — the one you’re experiencing right now — is the culmination of all the moments you have experienced in the past. This moment is as it is because the entire universe is as it is. … Continue reading
To Trust – In the Quiet Voice
13 June 2017 Silence, however, is not merely the absence of speech…. It is a depth, a fullness, a peaceful flow of hidden life. ~Ladislaus Boros, God is With Us Perhaps it shouldn’t have surprised me that when I started … Continue reading
To Trust – Before Knowing
7 June 2017 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~T.S. Eliot I’ve been practicing a dance move that is a shift of weight with enough momentum to produce a … Continue reading
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To Begin Again – It’s Cumulative
30 May 2017 It’s been fun for me to explore this topic and to recognize how beginning again weaves through my life and nourishes strands that I value. Looking at an everyday thread of my life with shoshin, beginner’s mind, … Continue reading
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To Begin Again – With the Heart
26 May 2017 Have enough courage to trust love one more time. And always, one more time. ~ Maya Angelou To begin again is a powerful choice. It is a discipline that applies to every other discipline, intention, desire. It is … Continue reading
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To Begin Again – Barn Burnt
23 May 2017 Barn’s burnt down — … Continue reading
To Begin Again – Here Again
16 May 2017 Quiet the mind and the soul will speak. ~Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati I value contemplative practices. Yoga and mediation have a strong hold on me. l’m enchanted by the dynamic spaciousness of a quiet, calm mind. A … Continue reading
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To Begin Again – Your Alphabet of Now
12 May 2017 Presence is a state of inner spaciousness. ~Eckhart Tolle Life is dynamic. As bits of the cosmos, we are dynamic. Ever-changing like the warp and weave of spacetime. To begin again gives us a chance … Continue reading
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