How Do We Create Balance in Our Lives?
Balance has been very much on my mind these days. How DO we/I create balance in our lives? At times it feels like a juggling act: balancing family, care of close ones, ones in needs, one’s body, service — locally and further afield, attention to what’s needed at home and in the wide world. ...
Good to Be Alive!
Good to be alive today! Breathtaking early morning light out our window today. The fall leaves glisten, the water sparkles, the city glows with gold, and “our” copper beech tree is luminous. Yes, how good it is to be alive! ...
Holding It All
It’s May 1… In the Celtic calendar the day is called Beltaine, and is one of the Cross Quarter Days, halfway between Spring Equinox, and Summer Solstice, the height of Spring. Time to celebrate! Enjoy! Right? Easier said than done, sometimes. What’s been coming up for me is the challenge of “holding it all”: the glory...
“Happy New Year”? Yes!
We’re a week into 2014. I like the sound of it: Twenty Fourteen. Kind of even, balanced. Still young, promising, but no longer a baby millennium, as in 2003, or so. We’re into it now! The words Happy New Year still roll off my tongue in greeting. I’ve completed my year-end practice of composing a...
The Jellyfish Project…
…a piece about balance, the lack thereof, and some things we can do about it. I could wax eloquent about Fall, and Equinox — that delicious time of year when the light equals the dark. This year the moon is rising splendidly opposite the setting sun. How glorious our world is at this time, and...
Balancing Act
Have you even seen the incredible rock balancing that some artists do? I love them and recently reflected on how they are a rich metaphor for balance in our lives, offering lessons and insights, and questions to ponder. Before I explore the metaphor, have a look at this fascinating time lapse video. The whole site,...
Improve the World and/or Enjoy It?
None other than E. B. White, wise, clever fellow, and one of my favorite writers, said, “I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” I’m on my own for a week, Mike is attending a Guitar...
Perfection and Projects
Years ago I used to volunteer at Unity, a modern church that bills itself “a positive path for spiritual living.” Mike and I took care of the little ones during the service for almost a year. It was pre-grandchildren, and we enjoyed hanging out with the kids. Aside from that sweet contact, what made...
