Tag: compassion
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Holiday Blues
Holiday Blues I’m not talking about the blue strings of light I love so much and mentioned in my last post but rather the feelings of sadness, depression, melancholy, and sometimes desperation that many experience this time of year. I just read that Stephen tWitch Boss died by suicide two days ago and I feel…
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Thanksgiving Hangover
My Thanksgiving hangover this year is not from too much alcohol but instead from too much of the rich beige foods of traditional Pennsylvania Thanksgivings that my body’s no longer used to and feels sluggish on. That’s not enough to keep me from eating a plate of leftovers this afternoon, though, while we watch the…
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Forget about enlightenment…
Forget about enlightenment. Sit down wherever you are And listen to the wind singing in your veins. Feel the love, the longing, and the fear in your bones. Open your heart to who you are, right now, Not who you would like to be. Not the saint you’re striving to become. But the being right…
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Hokusai Says
Hokusai says look carefully. He says pay attention, notice. He says keep looking, stay curious. He says there is no end to seeing. He says look forward to getting old. He says keep changing. You just get more who you really are. He says get stuck, accept it, repeat yourself as long as it is…
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Do you love yourself?
I was talking with a fellow therapist recently who also grew up in a religious home and I was commenting on how far I’ve come in terms of liking myself. My friend replied, “but do you love yourself?” I’m not sure how I answered her that day, but that question stayed with me. Do I…
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Looking Ahead
Our coffee table Christmas morning after all the gifts had been opened and most of the clutter cleared. In the midst of soaring Covid cases (several touching close to home) and lots of gray and sometimes unseasonably warm weather, the holiday season came and went…rather quickly relative to all the build-up. Along with the many…
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Who’s the enemy?
I couldn’t take any more of the news. I’ve been impressed and inspired by all those protesting and then conversely disappointed by words and actions of our top dog. I’m on information overload and working hard to feel calm. I’ve been meditating again, 5 or 10 minutes here and there each day, usually guided ones…
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Morning Prayer
Waking up this morning, I smile, Twenty-four brand-new hours are before me. I vow to live fully each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion. -Thich Nhat Hanh
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Self-kindness
“What you do for yourself–any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself–will affect how you experience your world. In fact, it will transform how you experience the world. What you do for yourself, you’re doing for others, and what you do for others, you’re doing for…
We are all in this together 