Category Archives: Connection

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 – The Heart of Community

Posted on Fri 11 15 by Lisa Sorensen

6 November 2015 Connection:  The energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued;  when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.   ~Brené Brown Day after … Continue reading →

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The Heart of Community

Posted on Thu 11 15 by Lisa Sorensen

4 November 2015 I know there is strength in the differences between us. I know there is comfort, where we overlap. ~Ani DeFranco I’ve just returned from a trip to New York City where I was graciously welcomed by an … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Listening In

Posted on Fri 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

30 October 2015   Silence can become contagious.  Simon and Garfunkel spoke to this lyrically in their classic song ‘The Sound of Silence’— …The words of the prophets are written on the bathroom walls and tenement halls… But the power … Continue reading →

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Listening In

Posted on Tue 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

27 October 2015 The dark does not destroy the light; it defines it. It’s our fear of the dark that casts our joy into the shadows. ~Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection   This morning I lay in bed waking … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Creating a Bullseye

Posted on Sat 10 15 by Lisa Sorensen

16 October 2015 When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.  ~Rumi From early on, my parents raised me to think of other people and put them first.  To be practical and sensible … 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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