Category: Inspiration
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Things Fall Apart
When people ask what has helped me “stay positive” on my cancer journey, I should just quote Pema Chödrön.
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Life is a TARDIS
For months–well, years, to be honest–I’ve been meaning to visit West 11th Street Park. I felt some kind of neighborly, good-citizen obligation to visit this park. Somehow my usual enthusiasm for urban parks became a compulsion in this case. I wanted to like it. I have a strange passion for urban parks. I love the idea…
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Sweeten the World Up
What we do, for good or ill, sends ripple effects through the lives of those around us and beyond. Our jealousies, small-mindedness, and insecurities affect our families, friends, and coworkers. So do our integrity, confidence, cheerfulness, and generosity. Doesn’t it make sense that working on ourselves can improve the state of our sweet old world?…
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My wish for you
You have strengths you don’t know you have. You can be kind to yourself, and on that basis you can be kind to others. Know that the worries you carry can be set down. My wish for you is that you be free from suffering, anxiety, fear, sickness, emotional upheaval, discord, and financial obstacles.
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Finding your motivation for meditation
Why do you want to meditate? Meditation practice isn’t easy. It goes against the grain of our habitual patterns. So it is very important to be clear with yourself: why do you want to sit still, doing nothing?
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Refreshing
It’s time to refresh—my attitude, my feeling of connection, this blog—you name it.
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Start fresh
I started the morning early. I sat my butt on my meditation cushion for a few minutes, connecting with being before being seduced into the multitude of activities of my day. Then I was inspired to take a fresh sheet of paper – blank drawing paper – and a box of Crayons. I haven’t done that…
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No time like the present
There are several meanings of the phrase “no time like the present.” Conventionally, it means “do it now.” While you’re thinking about it, don’t put it off, whatever “it” happens to be. More deeply, we realize that we don’t know how much time we have. We don’t know how much of a future there is…
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The beauty of pausing
Hello, friends. Take a moment to stop all activity. Breathe. Feel the ground under your feet. Open your senses. I’m working on some recordings that I will be posting to the blog very soon. The first one is about the value of pausing in our busy lives. My daily reality is a reminder of humility.…
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The season of giving
Putting aside for a moment the question of why giving can’t apply to every season… I’ve been touched in a new way in hearing people’s giving stories. Someone saved up for a guitar for himself, and ended up giving the money to the guy in line behind him at the pawn shop who was pawning…
A Few Thoughts 