Daily Dose (Dec 27 – 30)
Tuesday -- This week, we ask the question, "Instead of finishing the year strong, can we embrace the gift of finishing the year soft?" Rested and at home in our own skin. You know... Open to gratitude, and compassion, and…
Permission to be soft
“Do you want a part in the Christmas nativity play?” James’ grade schoolteacher asked him.“Of course,” he answered."You get to be Joseph," the teacher told him.James was proud, what with his friends having to be sheep and cows and such.…
Daily Dose. (Dec 20 – 23)
Tuesday -- Tell me again the reason for Advent season?What if the power is in the waiting itself, in the awareness waiting creates?Here’s the deal: With awareness comes gratitude, fueled by gladness and joy.With gratitude weights are lifted, and there is…
Discover what we already have
Every December I like to read Garrison Keillor's story about a young boy who wanted a Lionel Train Set for Christmas.The father, of a family of seven, was in the hospital and unable to work. The mother, worried about money…
Daily Dose (Dec 13 – 16)
Tuesday -- This week we’re invited to let go of the cravings (or wish) for whatever we’re sure we don’t have, but are sure that we need for life to be okay (well, tidy, at least).Here’s my list: My need…
At home in our own skin
One day the Buddha was sitting with his monks. A distraught farmer approached. "Monks, have you seen my cows?"The Buddha said, "No we have not."The farmer continued, "I am distraught. I have only twelve cows, and now they are gone.…
Daily Dose (Dec 6 – 9)
Tuesday -- Contentment is not about changing, or needing power, it is about being alive and well in our own skin.That’s not easy when we see only the “labels”, reminding us that some part of us unsightly, unrefined, or broken.…
Let us pause, and be grateful
Once upon a time there lived a lowly stone cutter. A less than content lowly stone cutter. He was certain his life would be better if, well, if it were different than the life he had now. Although he was…
Daily Dose (Nov 29 – Dec 2)
Tuesday -- This week the invitation and the permission to unplug.Which for me means fessing up to the odd satisfaction I get from the rush. And yes, even the stress. And the mental gymnastics; if I stop, if I slow…
The permission to unplug
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including yourself. (Thank you Anne Lamott.)And yet. We can’t just unplug, can we? Don’t we need a plan of action, a strategy for self-improvement, and targets to…
