For a long time I wondered why I felt like bowing when people showed their appreciation for the work that I’ve been privileged to do. What I’ve come to understand is that we who bow are probably–whether we know it or not–acknowledging the presence of the eternal: we’re bowing to the eternal in our neighbor. …
Love’s a function of connection, not communication
Poor communication doesn’t disconnect souls It’s the disconnected souls who poorly communicate. Ann Voskamp Came across this line today in a blog posting that kinda took my breath away in its simple, painful beauty. A little more of it: He lays his hand on my bare shoulder. Water drips from the tips of strands tousled …
Owning it and Fixing it
I blew it the other day. I was frustrated, tired, angry, and hungry…and when one of the junior members of my tribe made a mistake, I didn’t handle it well. He did something that indicated he was a normal adolescent who forgets that there are other members of the household…he looked after himself. That’s what …
Did a mistake? Am a mistake??
So…who likes to make mistakes…who likes to live with the consquences of their mistakes? Nobody. It’s lousy to make mistakes. But some of us can be really hard on ourselves. I HATE making mistakes. Especially stupid, foolish, expensive ones that were completely unnecessary, and DUMB. (You get that I can be hard on myself with …
Soul Restoration
To the readers from Swaziland, Argentina, Chile and Peru who were on this website yesterday…if you come back today…you may well not understand the internal feelings of winter doldrums I describe today. But if you were among the visitors from Norway, Poland, or Winnipeg, you can probably understand where I’m coming from. It’s been cold …
AA wisdom
Live and let live Tolerance, a fundamental value in AA, means that we acknowledge our personal shortcomings while letting others have their own. We focus on our similarities with other people rather than resenting our differences. I was sent a link today to a page of wisdom sayings that are commonly used in Alcoholics Anonymous. …
The Cookie Lady
Sometimes, you just watch something that looks sweet and feels great to see…and it reminds a person to be generous, walk humbly, and remember the big picture. I was at a high school boys basketball game on the weekend. Sweaty adolescents with too much testosterone scrapping it out to win. Played hard. Each team wanted …
A thought
I am Me. In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine, because I alone chose it–I own everything about me: my body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice, my actions, whether they be to others or myself. I own my fantasies, my …
Inspiring Women to Embrace their Own Beauty
It’s not easy being a woman who is merely human, eh? If you’re a woman, you know what I’m talking about. We have lumps and bumps; rolls and “handles”; have too little in some places, and too much in others. Magazines give us advice for tightening various body parts, slimming down, and how to shop …
One woman’s counselling diary
Going to counselling is tough. In fact, so tough, that many people avoid it as long as possible. For many, that means counselling happens once things are “past the point of no return”. It’s unfortunate…because that actually can give counselling a bad rap…when people go only as they are already packing their bags to leave …