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Thursday, May 16, 2013 at 7:44 AM "One day I tucked 'play' in the pocket to hide it from a bully (a kid bigger than me who said I was a baby for playing hopscotch and dress up). I tucked it away so the other kids wouldn't make fun of me."
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 9:15 AM Dang, it’s hard sometimes to practice what I preach (living compassionately, taking risks, and stepping wholeheartedly into who I am). But man oh man, it is so important, essential even. Truth is when the heat gets turned up and I really want to run, hide, or cave in (i.e. do the “easy” thing) that’s when it’s most important to show myself compassion by slowing down and paying close attention to what I need.
Monday, April 29, 2013 at 1:51 PM Here I sit now in this in-between space between pilgrimage and home… Can I be here now and not there? ‘There’ has followed me home. Doesn't that make it ‘here now’? So sweet. So curious… this dancing between worlds within space and time.
Archetypes, Paris, Pondering, pilgrimage Monday, April 22, 2013 at 1:01 AM Hidden beneath the buffoonery and bluster of the "calculating self" lies the incredible diamond of our soul which Rosamund and Benjamin Zander refer to as the "central self" — a term used to embrace the remarkably generative, prolific, and creature nature of ourselves and the world. While the "calculating self" is frantically looking out for numero uno, the "central self" always appraises the truth of the whole situation without guile or agenda. It's the softer, brighter, lighter self.
Monday, April 15, 2013 at 4:13 PM It's hard to believe yesterday morning I awoke in Vienna and today I am tucked safely inside my Seattle home. True, the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, but... I never cease to be amazed at the wonders that unfold when I choose to open my heart and let a foreign land enter my soul.
Dreams, Journey, pilgrimage