Judgement or Curiosity?
Love has been on my mind, and in my heart. It’s Spring, for one, and everything is bursting out all over! More than that, it’s painfully obvious that Love and love, and kindness, acceptance, benevolence… are so very needed in our world today… and seem sorely lacking in many ways and places. To my dismay, I’m discovering how...
Stubborn in Our Gladness
The world we live in, Life itself, is full of suffering — and of joy. ‘Twas ever thus. There has never been, and likely never will be, a time without egregious events. How can we hold this? What’s certain is that if we focus only on the amount, variety, and horrendous ways suffering is inflicted and endured,...
Loving the Mystery
It’s mid February, and Love comes to mind, and heart! Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂 And if you’re not big on that commercialized holiday, then I’d invite you to reflect on how Love features in your life — now, and at times past. What would you wish for the future? In recent weeks I have had...
Healing and the Heart
We have just celebrated International Women’s Day, and I am feeling grateful for the abundance of remarkable women in my life, and in the world. Elizabeth May, the only Green Party member of the Canadian Parliament, just sent out a note about a “dream” she had, that she had become Prime Minister, and had appointed...
Love and Bodies: Happy Valentine’s Day
Most Saturdays I dance! At a class called NIA, a wonderfully comprehensive and glorious gift to the body and the senses.In honor of Vanentine’s Day the theme of the class will be LOVE. The instructor, Judy Cashmore, is a sensitive, creative dynamo. I had another post in mind, which I will write soon, but today,...
Hope
As I write this, the Gaelic festival of Imbolc has literally just begun. It is also just after Groundhog Day and the Christian festival of Candlemas. I find that these holidays share a common theme: Hope. The feature image I chose for this post shows Snowdrops, also called Candlemas Bells, and they are said to symbolize...
Love — everyday!
I had in mind to write a blog about Balance. It’s been on my mind as the seasons shift. And I will come back to Balance, ha! in a later post. But then I came across a Love Poem by Billy Collins in the Writer’s Almanac, and was moved to tears. It changed my day,...
Deep inspiration — renewed motivation!
I had the privilege yesterday of attending a workshop sponsored by Be the Change, partnering with the Pachamama Alliance. The titles of the components of the day were Where are we? How did we get here? What’s possible for the future? and Where do we go from here? The first two sections are sobering, to...
Messy, sweaty, crazy, broken, whole…..LOVE
In my personal, spiritual work these days I’m paying a lot of attention to Love. Those of you who read BECOMING may remember I have had a hard time with the concept and practice of love — not knowing how and where and whether I really experience it. Love seemed so grand, and I felt...
Turning Toward Love and Light
We are approaching the winter turning, the day where the sun at noon is at its lowest point over the horizon, then begins to gain altitude, slowly but steadily returning us earthlings to the light. And we’re coming to the end of 2012, a year which received wide press as a year of turning, challenges,...
SNOW!!
It was a lovely way to bring in the new year: on January 1 I flew to Europe to spend time with family… first stopping in Bavaria to visit my former husband and good friend Wolf and his wife Angelka, who had her birthday the day after I arrived. Wolf prepared a yummy risotto with...
Make a Joyful Noise!
Just recently we had our annual Christmas Choir Concert. An inspiring feature this year was singing the Gloria, from Schubert’s Mass in A Flat. Do go listen to at least the first few minutes. The message is rich and timeless: “Glory to God, and on Earth, Peace and Good Will to All.” Whether you honor G(g)od,...
