Riding the Waves of Pain
…to give up all limited thinking, to take each moment into your heart, and to abandon all urges to call anything good or bad, “black” or “white”, right or wrong, enough or not… Continue reading
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I Called Bullshit on the System!
If you attend to yourself and seek to come into your presence, you will find exactly the right rhythm for your own life. John O’Donohue ~ Anam Cara From my last blog… Continue reading
Only One Winner
I keep putting off writing here. It’s not that I don’t have plenty to say, but there is this unrelenting relationship I still engage in with my non-authentic self. My voice in life… Continue reading
Rebuilding myself at 40
We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be. – Anne Lamott I am… Continue reading
5 Benefits of Listening
Why not start this post off with a little humor we all can relate to about listening? Hearing is not the same as listening. Hearing is a passive activity. It’s one of the moving… Continue reading
From Bogus to Authentic: My Awakening Moment
One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice… An excerpt from The Journey by Mary Oliver I realized I wasn’t living the life… Continue reading
Refusing To Live A Predictable Life
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone else likes you except yourself. Rita Mae Brown The last few years of being a full-time member of a church, I kept coming back… Continue reading
Life Without Labels
What would life be like if we never labeled another person? She’s fat. He’s handsome. Why is she so depressed? He’s feminine. You’re aggressive. I’m shy. My dad has ADD. My wife is… Continue reading
trek of truth
I want truth to be mine, not someone else’s passed on to me.
Christians, let me ruffle your feathers!
WARNING: If you are sensitive about your Christian faith, and don’t want to hear anything negative about Christians, then I suggest reading something lighter. Here are a few blogs you might enjoy to feel comforted… Continue reading
The unpracticed art of “being”
I think people easily forget that we are human-BEINGS. With the pace of people’s lives I see all-around me, I would naturally think we are human-DOINGS. The other day I was getting my hair… Continue reading
Acceptance and Love.
A friend of mine died last month. Jeanne and I spent many hours with him, sitting on our porch drinking coffee and engaging in stimulating conversation. He was an intelligent, yet unkempt man… Continue reading
Learning beautiful simplicity
(This is my journal entry from March 29, 2013) When something comes to your attention, ask me whether or not it is part of today’s agenda. If it isn’t, release it into my… Continue reading
Give yourself space.
A few months ago I was scrubbing my white hand towels on a washboard outside in the sunshine. (Cause ya’ know sometimes the washing machine just doesn’t cut it:) This is the kind… Continue reading
Day 10 of Jumping
We are less than 6.5 hours drive from my mama’s new life and home in JAX! Today we had the shortest driving day since we left 10 days ago from Seattle, WA. First… Continue reading
Day 9 of Jumping
We are definitely on the home stretch now people! And boy are we ready for some home cooked food and relief from living out of a suitcase:) We drove 400+ miles today and… Continue reading
Day 8 of Jumping
Deep in the heart of TEXAS!! REMEMBER THE ALAMO! Do you know the history of The Alamo? We learned a little about it today as we made a stop there traveling through San… Continue reading
Day 7 of Jumping
Check out our first 6 posts, starting here! Today was our new longest day: 546 miles. From Las Cruces, New Mexico to Kerrville, Texas. It was a stunning day in the beautiful sunshine!… Continue reading
Day 6 of Jumping
In case you are just joining us on this stream of “Jumping” posts, you can go here to read from the beginning and catch up! Today, my mama and I got a late… Continue reading
Day 5 of Jumping
Jill here: Our longest day yet! 520 miles. From Bakersfield, California to Phoenix, Arizona. Sunshine all the way and no traffic! I did a lot of driving today, which was fine by me… Continue reading