Photo Credit: Maia Twedt, Night Sky in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala So much pressure to accelerate, as if speed were the archangel of our human experience. Taking a sloth day implies great waste. Priority is placed on expedience, productivity, output. Measuring our lives in accomplishments becomes the yardstick by which we make choices, and by whichContinue reading “Working on Wellness: Entry Two”
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Working on Wellness: Entry One
Photo Credit: Dan Leisen We are all yearning for wellness in these unparalleled times. Some people are eating raw fermented vegetables. Others are exercising regularly, or working on relationships more intently. What we cannot ignore is that spiritual wellness is also a significant driver toward living well and fully. Being spiritually well asks us toContinue reading “Working on Wellness: Entry One”
Coming Through Trauma
During the intense season of the murder of George Floyd, the ensuing protests and necessary uprisings, all in the midst of Pandemic, there was a tension between two energies. One was the sense of being helpless in the face of such a force as systemic racism. The other was a compelling agency bidding response andContinue reading “Coming Through Trauma”
Look for the beauty
In a time like now it is all the more critical that we be on the lookout for beauty around us. Just as Mr. Rogers shared that we should look for the helpers, which is so true- In the year of 2020 we would do well to look for the beauty. I have near meContinue reading “Look for the beauty”
What is the gift that you will experience today?
J.R.R. Tolkien’s lines from the Fellowship of the Rings– “I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the timeContinue reading “What is the gift that you will experience today?”