Sabbath Time
The Sabbath isn’t necessarily a day, but a state of mind, a quiet time, a pit stop on the racetrack of life.
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Be as still as a mountain
Tai Chi – meditation within movement – is the most poetic of martial arts – try this simple exercise…
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Treat people as if they were what they should be
Treat people as if they were what they should be, and you help them become what they are capable of becoming.- Goethe
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Alan Watts – The Dance of Life
‘No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.’
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Ajahn Chah – Wisdom & Happiness
‘When we stop clinging, we can begin to be happy.’ ~ Ajahn Chah
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Our Deepest Fear
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. – Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.”
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A Gift from the Setting Sun
When the sun had set, I sensed that something strange had happened. Something wasn’t there, something was missing…
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What it is…
Snow, no power, no car – ‘It’s a pretty fun day actually…We’re good. We’re real good.’
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The Greatest Gift
Today I celebrate life and 1,095 days free of drugs and alcohol…
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Let me think about it
How practising with small things strengthens your awareness
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Choose Your Mantra with Care
Is happiness a choice, or a matter of circumstances and disposition? Buddhists would say we have a choice, and I agree.
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Sisters
This sisterhood seems to be made both deeper and more complicated by the five year age gap between my Ladies…
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The Road Not Taken
Having a child when you’re a still a child can be an adventure all on its own.
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The Kindness of a Stranger
“Who is this man?” many years ago Barack Obama helped a desperate stranger…
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From the Mouths of Babes
“You no never mean to me. You always nice to me. You a good person.”
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Die Another Day
“I invite the new year to energize me with the courage to live every moment as if it were my very last…”
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Counting the Emotional Cost
“So – stand back and look at what it’s costing emotionally. Forget the money for the moment…”
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An Unexpected Gift
“This gift of kindness made my day and I will never forget it!”
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Something Nice for Somebody Else
“Just do something nice for somebody else…” Random Acts of Kindness
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A Light in the Dark
“The darker it gets, the more brightly the light shines”
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The Awakening
There comes a time when you finally get it… Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on.
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