Tag: impermanence
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Choosing Harmony in the Darkness
I haven’t blogged in a week or two because a lot of my energy was diverted to assist with a sudden family illness. Please note that I said a lot of my energy and not all of it! I think when times get really tough, we tend to throw in the self-care towel feeling that…
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New Year’s Evolution
I have never been a fan of new year’s resolutions. To me it implies a lack of trust in ourselves to truly love, nurture and care for ourselves. In the end we should know in our bones that self-care is not optional and should come from a place of love and not arise from a…
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Choosing Joy in the Advent Season
As we enter the third week of advent, I was musing about what the word advent means. Ok, I know what it means from a Christian perspective but what are the roots of the word? A simple definition of advent is arrival as we can see when we trace the origin of the word from…
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Gratitude in loss
This past weekend we had to say goodbye to our beloved family dog, Jackie. I have been feeling quite vulnerable with my emotions a pretty even mix between sadness, loss and emptiness and bone deep gratitude that this precious soul was in our lives for fourteen plus years. I have been reflecting yet again about…
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I am enough, and so are you
Have you ever struggled with that nagging feeling that you are not measuring up? Maybe it’s to yourself and your ideas of where you should be or perhaps it’s a cultural thing. I am a victim of this too. Often one of the first questions I ask a new person I’ve met is “what do…
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Shades of darkness and light
I have been arising from sleep with a dark feeling, a mixture of worry, anxiety and sadness with an inability to sleep in. In order to shake this darkness, I need to get up and start the day. I am wondering about what might be brewing in my unconscious mind. As much as I proport…
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Faith in action, patience and trust
I was musing about my recent blog about impermanence and was thinking about how the concept of impermanence can seem so lofty and yet so simple, probably depending on our mood! We can wax pessimistic and really struggle with letting things go and meeting the present moment as it is. Or we can wane optimistic…
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Impermanence- nature takes the lead in letting go
The chill is in the air, the winds are stirring and the short but brilliant display of the leaves has commenced. Fall is upon us in New England, and I must admit that I sometimes have trouble following the tenants of impermanence and nonattachment, I eagerly await this time of year! However, unlike true summer…
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