Category Archive: A Spiral Journey

Making the Shift from Dear Diary to Journaling for Transformation

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    My first diary entries began at age 8.  I was usually mad at my little sister or mad at my mother.  There were weeks or months between entries.   In high school I wrote about my crushes and recorded idiotic conversations in great detail.  I also wondered about the meaning of life.  I …

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Is you is or is you ain’t?

  I is ever changing and growing. Learning to accept the way I is or isn’t has been a lifelong process.  There are things I cannot change and there are things I can change.  Personal growth is a decision although I had to learn that lesson the hard way.  It’s usually the way I roll. …

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What’s important about spirituality?

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Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.  ~ Buddha   Spirituality is different than religion. It’s metaphysical, without form or substance.  Spirituality is seeking for that which is meaningful and sacred.   All of us suffer, get agitated, and have disturbing emotions, some more than others.  As a result we …

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Week-End Reflection

You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you are. I wrote that in a journal years ago but it’s still true.  It’s a matter of checking in, breathing, centering, staying connected and it takes a lot of practice. Now that I am older I have more clarity about who I am …

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Don’t blog on Tuesday unless it’s Valentine’s Day

The other day, somewhere on the net, I read Five Blogging Tips.  One of the tips was:  Don’t Blog on a Tuesday.  Apparently no one reads blogs written on a Tuesday.  But, today is Valentine’s Day and  blog posts are sprouting everywhere. The discussions range from “I love Valentine’s Day” to “Politically Correct Valentine’s Day” …

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Winter is officially here!

We only have this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. ~ Marie Ray Yesterday I was lucky enough to visit a Medicine Wheel on the eve of the Winter Solstice.  A group of us walked through about four or five inches of snow in a juniper forest to …

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Moonday Musings – The Bridge Between the Worlds

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Most people in the US think of Halloween as a holiday for children.  They can dress up in costumes and go trick-or-treating and get lots of candy.  Halloween is so much more than that. In the Celtic Wheel of the Year, this day is called Samhain (sow-an).  The wheel of the seasons has come full …

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