Category Archives: Connection

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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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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Thought Modeling

Posted on Tue 08 15 by Lisa Sorensen

25 August 2015 The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts.  ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations   I’ve been writing about the shadowy places of uncomfortable emotions and the value of exploring them to learn about ourselves and grow. But … Continue reading →

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Defending the (Emotional) Range

Posted on Tue 08 15 by Lisa Sorensen

18 August 2015 Every suffering is a seed, because suffering compels us to seek wisdom.  ~  Bodhidharma After reading my posts last week, a friend asked me if I was in a dark place.  I hesitated in my answer.  It … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Mental Gardening

Posted on Sat 08 15 by Lisa Sorensen

31 July 2015 You are the sky.  Everything else — it’s just the weather.  Pema Chödrön  We have big space inside us.  Countless directions and dimensions in which to navigate within our mental space. Each and every moment is an … Continue reading →

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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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