gifts of silence

Posted by on Mar 22, 2010 in meditation, mindfulness | 2 comments It’s been a while since I’ve written.  My apologies.  I’ve been quiet inside myself for a while — I went a on a silent retreat in early March and seemed to have just continued in the silence inside myself.  I treasure these times of silence and didn’t want to push myself to write when really I just felt silent inside. I find silence to be nourishing to my soul. ...
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3 good things, so far

Posted by on Mar 8, 2009 in 3 Good Things | 3 comments So far today, I have so many good things.  Nonetheless, I’ll hold it to reporting on 3 good things.  But first… Yesterday, as I contemplated 3 good things, I found myself relishing remembering the good things.  And then I felt this creeping feeling that I needed to add a new post articulating my 3 good things.  That didn’t feel so good.  Thinking that I should DO something...
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give it up for lent

Posted by on Feb 25, 2009 in relationships, this i believe | 4 comments Today is the beginning of Lent.  Yayyyy!  Lent is one of my all time favorite spiritual holidays.  This might sound strange as I am neither Catholic or Episcopalian.  But I LOVE the practice of time limited renunciation. 40 days of fasting.  Gotta love it.  Well, I love my take on Lent.  Here’s how it works in my head; give up something with the understanding that this “giving...
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