Author Archives: Lisa Sorensen

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About Lisa Sorensen

I'm an architectural designer with a passion for exploring the stretch beyond, the lean toward what we yearn for.

A Primary Nutrient

Posted on Wed 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

22 December 2015 It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.  ~Mother Teresa When we were going through my mother’s things after her death, an old, wobbly Christmas decoration surfaced from a box she … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – The Most Wonderful Moment

Posted on Fri 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

17 December 2015 The feeling of connection we get when we do something fun with people we love is one of our most powerful sources of happiness. ~Christine Carter This week, between scattered list-crazed afternoons and doing one thing while thinking … Continue reading →

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The Most Wonderful Moment

Posted on Tue 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

15 December 2015                Your heart is like a flower.  ~Thich Nhat Hahn I woke up recently to a sky dappled with silvery, puffy clouds and sunbeams glinting in the dewdrops dangling from the tree … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Dipping Deep into Joy

Posted on Sat 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

11 December 2015 Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.  ~Dr. Seuss Dipping into one memory, lingering over it, has led to a whole host of other memories springing forward.  I’m soaking … Continue reading →

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Dipping Deep into Joy

Posted on Wed 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

8 December 2015 Rejoicing opens us tremendously, dissolving our barriers, thereby enabling intimacy to extend to all of life. ~ Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness In contrast to so many Christmases in the past, this year, I … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – The Gift of Kindness

Posted on Sat 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

4 December 2015 And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince   Coming to … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Kindness

Posted on Tue 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

1 December 2015 The existence of parallel truths is what gives our world its tremendous richness, and the grand scheme of things is far grander than our minds habitually imagine. ~Maria Popova, NY Times review of Dark Matter and The … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Stopping In My Tracks

Posted on Sat 11 15 by Lisa Sorensen

27 November 2015 Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach, The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude This month, as … Continue reading →

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Stopping in My Tracks

Posted on Wed 11 15 by Lisa Sorensen

25 November 2015 True abundance does exist; it flows from sufficiency, in an experience of the beauty and wholeness of what is.  ~Lynne Twist I desire to fully appreciate the goodness in my life, but sometimes there’s a catch.  Fully … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – The Heart of Gratitude

Posted on Fri 11 15 by Lisa Sorensen

20 November 2015 Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.  It turns what we have into enough, and more… It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. ~ Melody Beattie I … Continue reading →

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