Compassion

Letter to the Editor…

2010-07-09T09:06:53-06:00By |Compassion|

Sometimes you just have to speak out..... Letter to the Editor: I’m writing in response to the letter written by Bob Richardson to the editor regarding the house under construction on 16 Homer Street, the house currently with a blue tarp on the roof in Maysville. As a citizen also concerned with assuring that [...]

Pan Meets Ganesh

2010-07-07T03:36:10-06:00By |Challenge|

I am reminded of the Hindu God, Ganesh this evening....the overcomer of obstacles.   And Pan, lusty, randy, playfully serious Pan. Really half man half centaur, though I rather like this depiction of him. Both embody aspects I admire, Pan with his fertile nature and ability to beckon a crowd and Ganesh, for his knowing.....he [...]

Survival of the Fittest You Say?

2010-07-04T08:02:00-06:00By |Heart|

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin And might I add to Mr. Darwin's theory...the ones whose hearts are open. And, you can't know the difference until you've experienced that openness. And when you feel it again close, [...]

Freedom of WHAT?

2010-07-03T08:44:43-06:00By |Change|

  'It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others.' – Saint John of the Cross   A friend sent that quote to me the other week. Wisdom, knowledge and choice, to me, is freedom....assessing where your time is [...]

What Does it Mean to Turn a Corner?

2010-06-28T04:28:37-06:00By |Change|

It might mean your heart changes. Or that you let go of an old way of being. That you finally did what you've been intending for so long but didn't quite know how. Or that God, the Universe, that awesome essence, light, power, jump-started an initiative for you. Or maybe you just decided to stop [...]

I Feel the Earth Move…

2010-06-24T07:46:19-06:00By |Change|

....under my feet I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down.... Those words were in my head soon after I awoke this morning. That and the memory that I'd dreamt I tattooed some emblematic design all over my face, a big blotch of blue on the right side, which I was happy I could cover [...]

Chances Are…

2010-06-17T23:14:44-06:00By |Expansion|

We'll be redeemed. We'll be reunited. We'll be challenged tomorrow. We'll be surprised and delighted this next year. We'll wish we'd held back. We'll wish we'd bounced forward. We'll get more than we want. We'll not get enough. We'll feel misunderstood. We'll feel like a rock star. We'll feel heart breaking disappointment. We'll be surprised [...]

Your Hungry Ghost…Hope is Dangerous

2010-06-12T10:23:53-06:00By |Expansion|

  News alert to my psyche...hope (the context I know) is dangerous. I'm sitting with an awareness this morning of what a therapist I used to 'hang out with' called, 'the hungry ghost'. This ghost, to me, is the one that holds on to some belief, some aspiration of change, transformation, illusion, (mostly in others) [...]

Rethink Your Assumptions

2010-06-06T02:00:07-06:00By |Expansion|

This line of thought came to me today. It's a good thought. Consider your assumptions. I'm looking at mine. We really don't know so many things...why people do what they do, who really is watching over us, loving us, in the seen and unseen, why events in our life occur the way they do. I'm [...]

Quantum Change Over Cheese and Laughter

2010-06-02T23:20:37-06:00By |Expansion|

I have been sleeping a lot during my eye surgery recovery and dreaming. I dream a lot anyway....while awake and especially when asleep. Maurice Sendak's characters are tame compared to what show up on my inner HD widescreen. I've also had time to stop the normal fast spinning ferris wheel of my life for a [...]