I’m listening to David Lanz’s Christofori’s Dream and watching the most beautiful day unfold. It’s not that today is unusual, nor has anything stellar happened that will make headlines across the world. I am deeply, truly happy. It brings to…
There is a certain amount of dualism in studying two subjects at the same time; first, I started reading the Buddhist philosopher, Thich Nhat Hanh, who writes of mindfulness, prayer, peace and love. On the other hand, I am studying…
I read a really interesting blog poetry clip today; I am still amidst my real job of writing, but wanted to pass it along. Give a quick click and some thought time at Peace Within. It is my prayer that…
Brief disclaimer: this article is about letting go of the struggle within, and becoming whole, peace full and well. My reading/meditations are being interrupted by the funniest animals I’ve ever seen. My constant window companion, Squirrel, is overweight. I mean,…
There was a challenge at about two this morning when an apparent conflict between my medications and poor judgement on my part gave me a clear, distinct moment to understand that the purpose of life is to life it, to…
I’m sick. Not kinda sick, but pneumonia sick. Seems my lungs can’t get themselves clear, and my whole chest aches, throat raw from the coughing. Can’t keep meds down so I’m shaking and hurt everywhere. Really, it’s been a tough…
The massage arts date in human history to 3000 B.c., all the way back to the land of Mesopotamia in the time that a really young Abram took off for the hills of another place. It’s the earliest of recorded…
Wake up in the morning, silence the alarm and sit up in your bed. Stop right there. How are your emotions as you stretch, rub your eyes and think “it’s today already?” This is the deciding moment, when you set…
There is an almost golden twilight outside my office window, and the deep emerald green of the grass, the rich browns of tree bark and the contrast of flowers blends into a symphony that is unlike any other. The day…
You feel the tense ache in your shoulders, that ache in your chest that tells you anxiety has crept into your day. Maybe your muscles are tight, your hands clenched. For just a moment stop and notice…are you holding your…
I’m watching “Oh, God!” a movie from 1977 with George Burns and John Denver. Fitting for a night like tonight, when the lead story on the news is all about the picture to the left…tonight is the night before the…
Perhaps you’ve never thought of your emotional pain in the sense of an art or an emotion that had color, texture or substance. For the purpose of this visual exercise, we’re going to imagine that you’ve come to this space…
What is real? You’ve been forewarned that I’ve been writing in Lucian and Kate’s world for a while, so this may seem a little random. I’m half way between here and Lake Lure, wishing that I was all there. I…
Today is a day deeply steeped in faith. For what purpose, you might ask? Life. I’m in faith for the moments and the hours of not only my life, but of the people I love, the friends that grace me…
Here is a lovely poem I found in the poetry of Ernest Holmes “She let go. She let go. Without a thought or a word, she let go. She let go of the fear. She let go of the judgments. She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head. She let go of the committee of indecisionwithin her. She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons. Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go. She didn’t ask anyone for advice. She didn’t read a book on how to let go. She didn’t search the scriptures. She just let go. She let go of all of the memories that held her back. She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward. She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right. She didn’t promise to let go. She didn’t journal about it. She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer. She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper. She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope. She just let go. She didn’t analyze whether […]
