Tag Archive: change

Meaning and Joy

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    A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked. Anais Nin       Over the past month, I’ve been putting together interviews with fascinating …

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If I am where I am, where am I?

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  I am in the Land of Agonizing Almost.   I launched my last two products over a year ago to the sound of chirping crickets. I stepped back and started to study more about online business. I signed up for classes, read blog posts, participated in projects and socialized in media.   Then it …

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The Portals of Aging

My first self-portrait in January 22011

  Recently I was asked to write both about my experience of being in my fifties and my menopausal experiences.  It’s difficult for me to write in my authentic voice about this.  My first reaction is to start doing research and then educate you, my dear reader.  If I approach the question academically, then it …

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The Illusion of Color

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  Over the weekend I painted a picture for fun and because I wanted to capture a feeling I had.  Even though my skills don’t match my imagination, I enjoyed creating something full of color.   I was reminded of a trip to French Polynesia. The colors there are brilliant and vivid.  The flowers, the …

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Week-End Reflection: Impermanence

Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, 
Canon EOS REBEL T2i

    This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightening in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.  ~ Buddha   I went to …

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The Spiral of my Spiritual Journey by Gin White

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  It’s been wonderful to connect with Gin White.  We are like-minded in that we love and recognize spiral activity in our spiritual journeys.  Do you?         Like it is for many other people, the spiral is very symbolic for me. I think of life as a spiral, and so many aspects …

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Session Ten: Walk on a Rainbow Trail

 Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty.  There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail.  ~Navaho Song   In Greco-Roman mythology, the rainbow was a path created by a messenger, Iris, between Earth and Heaven.   A rainbow is …

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Session Nine: Illuminating Dark Boxes

Wildflower altered with Aperture Cross Process 1, Canon EOS REBEL T2i

  “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” ~ Mary Oliver       Last week I wrote about mysteries.  It wasn’t my best piece of writing ever. In fact, it kind of sucked.  I wasn’t open or honest …

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Session Seven: Finding Grace in a Moment of Forgiveness

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 ”I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets.” ~ Hamlin Garland   We all know life can change in an instant but our ability to handle …

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Session Two: Letting Go

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“I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re experts at letting things go.” ~Jeffrey McDaniel   Depending on where you live, it’s summer and there are things to do outside or it’s winter and it’s time to stay inside.  The great thing about spiritual practice is that it’s beneficial in all …

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