I spent part of my day yesterday clearing out my desk drawers of accumulated old paid bills and papers from the last couple years. In the beginning, I felt energized and full of resolve, sorting papers into category piles to help me decide what I need to recycle and what I need to keep. Pretty […]
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What Would Your Magic Potion Do?
As I was walking home a couple weeks ago, a small voice hailed me. “Want to buy a magic potion?” The speaker was a neighbor from up the street, a four-year old boy with dark straight hair, sitting with his Mom on the front steps of their house. A box with three small bottles lay […]
Unexpected Benefits
“What are the benefits of practicing meditation?” a newcomer asked at a recent Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center orientation to an evening of mindfulness and meditation. Later, I thought of an answering question to understand better where the speaker was coming from, “What are you wanting from the practice. What is it you are longing […]
Stepping Up
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. We’ve all had the experience of getting in the groove with something, exercising, playing an instrument, eating healthily, practicing meditation, and then letting one week slip by without doing that activity. Then without meaning to skip […]
Seeing Birds
“Close both eyes to see with the other eye.” —Rumi The anniversary birthday of my sister’s partner Nathaniel, an avid birder who died in an accident six and half years ago, occurred a few weeks ago in early January. In celebration of Nathaniel’s memory and his joy in birding and in life, friends and family […]