Category Archives: Courage

To Begin Again – Barn Burnt

Posted on Tue 05 17 by Lisa Sorensen

23 May 2017 Barn’s burnt down —                                                                   … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Quenched

Posted on Fri 04 16 by Lisa Sorensen

22 April 2016 We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves. ~His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama This morning I scanned back over post titles from 50 weeks of this year-long exploration of … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Owning My Life – Attention and Intention

Posted on Sat 03 16 by Lisa Sorensen

25 March 2016 Most people believe that their actions have consequences but don’t think through the implications of that belief.  But Steve did.  He believed, as I do, that it is precisely by acting on our intentions and staying true … Continue reading →

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To Boldly Go

Posted on Wed 03 16 by Lisa Sorensen

15 March 2016 If it’s authentically within reach, you can deliberately, even willfully settle yourself in love as a central quality in your mind. This is not phony: the love that’s there in you is genuinely there. In fact, choosing … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Full of Myself

Posted on Sat 02 16 by Lisa Sorensen

12 February 2016 When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.  ~Audre Lorde I’ve done my share of putting someone down … Continue reading →

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Full of Myself

Posted on Tue 02 16 by Lisa Sorensen

9 February 2016 “Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we need to worry that we might have to make a choice between being heard and being loved. ~Marianne Williamson, A Woman’s Worth This week I’ve been seeing … Continue reading →

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Touchstone – Yes… And…

Posted on Fri 02 16 by Lisa Sorensen

5 February 2016 An emergent world invites us to use our most human of all capacities, our consciousness.  It asks us to be alert in the moment for what is unfolding.  What is happening at this moment? What can we … Continue reading →

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Yes… And…

Posted on Tue 02 16 by Lisa Sorensen

2 February 2016 Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.  ~Corita Kent In her biography, Bossypants, Tina Fey has a great section about saying yes to the moment.  In her instructions for creating improvisational … Continue reading →

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Dots into Patterns

Posted on Tue 12 15 by Lisa Sorensen

29 December 2015 The time is ripe for looking back over the day, the week, the year, and trying to figure out where we have come from and where we are going to, for sifting through the things we have … 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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