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Letting It Go
I had a good day yesterday. It was a day filled with good moments, but during the course of the day I made a few choices that were not the best choices for me. Choices that relate to old habitual patterns of living, ones that do not serve me well and that I am trying to replace…
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Today
The presidential election was yesterday. I don’t think the political process is the answer to the essential needs of humanity, but as a society, it is a way of organizing ourselves and that is a need too. This election was one that was filled with many intense emotions for a lot of people in our…
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So Much I Don’t Know
The last couple of weeks have been kind of weird weeks for me. I’ve been kind of off. Off center, off my routine, off my regular sleep cycle, off in my eating. Part of what was going on with me was some unusual pain I was experiencing in my back and not being able to readily identify what…
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A Beautiful Start to the Day
It rained all through the night last night. Not a hard rain or even a steady one, just a series of gentle showers that fell off and on all night. I know this because I slept in my living room chair last night. I fell asleep while I was reading and slept for a few hours before waking,…
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Listening to My Body
One thing I have learned over time is that my body knows exactly what it needs at any given time. And if I am willing to pay attention to what my body tells me it needs, I will be guided in the flow of my path in exactly the way that is right for me. That…
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Just 3 Breaths
I recently read a story written by a man who had made a trip to Plum Village, the meditation and mindfulness practice center founded by Thich Nhat Hanh in France. He made the journey there in hopes of learning how to deepen his meditation practice. He expected he would spend long hours in meditation with the monks,…
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Meditating
Meditation has completely changed my life. I never could have imagined the way it has transformed my life, and I have come to see meditation as something that is essential to me. Whether I meditate for just a few minutes or for a longer period of time, the impact from doing it is huge. The amount of…
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Taking Care of Myself
You know what the best thing is about a headache? How good it feels when it’s gone. I’m not there yet – I woke up with a headache this morning and it’s still going strong – but I am looking forward to getting to the point where it has run its course. The weather has…
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Sun in the Leaves
Two people who are very important to me are currently on a trip to another part of the country. They are driving through and exploring a large area in the northeastern United States, and in doing that they have encountered some incredibly beautiful places. They’ve sent me some pictures they’ve taken of some of the…
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Fresh Start
At the end of each evening as I’m getting ready for bed, I think about the day that is coming to an end and I look back on how I lived it. Was I fully present in all the moments? Did I move through the day with mindfulness and gratitude, aware of the beauty that…
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