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.

Creating a Bullseye

Posted on Wed 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

13 October 2015 Every decision you make is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. — Neal Donald Walsch I believe there is an instinctive urge within us to create, and be, … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Unexpected Trips

Posted on Fri 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

9 October 2015 True forgiveness is when you can say, “Thank you for that experience.” ~Oprah Winfrey This week I’ve devoted time and attention to healing a tender spot. Although it’s been challenging, there’s been relief in re-examining an old … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Trips

Posted on Tue 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

6 October 2015 When you recognize that you will thrive not in spite of your losses and sorrow, but because of them, that you would not have chosen the things that happened in your life, but you are grateful for … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – A Full Pantry

Posted on Fri 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

2 October 2015 It occurred to me that there were two sets of virtues, the résumé virtues and the eulogy virtues. The résumé virtues are the skills you bring to the marketplace. The eulogy virtues are the ones that are … Continue reading →

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A Full Pantry

Posted on Tue 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

29 September 2015 Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.  ~Mahatma Gandhi   I love fall. Here in Northern California, the season has begun tiptoeing in, quietly slipping pomegranates and pumpkins in … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Go, Friend, Go!

Posted on Fri 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

25 September 2015 Promise me you’ll always remember:  You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.  ~ A.A. Milne I was working through big clots of thoughts about how important friendship is to … Continue reading →

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Go, Friend, Go!

Posted on Wed 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

22 September 2015 We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.  ~Robert Fulghum … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Shake it Up!

Posted on Sat 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

18 September 2015 The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.  ~W.B. Yeats We’re each day, every moment, creating life.  Creating our life. A month or so ago, my husband posted an old … Continue reading →

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Shake it Up!

Posted on Wed 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

15 September 2015 dance all night play all day                                                               … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Laying Down the Gavel

Posted on Fri 09 15 by Lisa Sorensen

11 September 2015 “Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we’re all in this together.  ~ Brené Brown This morning a friend mentioned that she wanted to open some boxes, pigeonholes where she had set people with whom she’d … Continue reading →

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