Category Archives: Finding Enough

Devotions

Posted on Wed 01 16 by Lisa Sorensen

12 January 2016 And this is the core of the secret:  Attention is the beginning of devotion.  ~Mary Oliver As I wrote last week, I’ve been thinking about rhythms, the natural cycles that include periods of rest.  And, like many … 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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Take Your Mind for a Walk

Posted on Tue 08 15 by Lisa Sorensen

4 August 2015 Don’t be afraid to open your mind.  Your brain isn’t going to fall out.    My normal morning starts with yoga, a bit of writing and some meditation, but yesterday I woke up antsy, my mind already overstuffed … 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 – Knowing it will end

Posted on Fri 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

3 July 2015   It’s easy to acknowledge the singularity of each life in a theoretical way, but much harder for me to absorb this reality in a way that impacts how I live.   It’s easy to say, almost … Continue reading →

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Knowing it will end

Posted on Wed 07 15 by Lisa Sorensen

30 June 2015 Don’t bend; don’t water it down;  don’t try to make it logical;   don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion.  Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.                 … Continue reading →

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Touchstone — Crafting Good Ordinary Days

Posted on Fri 06 15 by Lisa Sorensen

26 June 2015   The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.           ~Ralph Waldo Emerson   This has been a week of extraordinary moments embedded in ordinary ones for me.  Looking … Continue reading →

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Crafting Good Ordinary Days

Posted on Tue 06 15 by Lisa Sorensen

23 June 2015 Forever is composed of nows. ~  Emily Dickinson     ‘Ordinary’ sounds mundane, uninteresting, commonplace by definition. Waking up on an ‘ordinary’ morning, it’s easy for me to take the day for granted, to move on into … Continue reading →

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Touchstone — Enough

Posted on Thu 05 15 by Lisa Sorensen

This second post of the week is to bring a touchstone back to the first one, a link or a quote that relates to the topic and refreshes it in your mind, expands on it in your heart or brings a … Continue reading →

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Enough

Posted on Tue 05 15 by Lisa Sorensen

I’m trying to slow down.  It’s not easy.  I have some Type A. I love efficiency.  I love crossing things off lists.  I like to hoe the row all the way to the end, preferably without interruptions.  I make SuperWoman … Continue reading →

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