Now that I’m recovering from pneumonia and realizing Thanksgiving is just around the corner, I find myself nesting. The gloomy weather makes it easy to stay indoors, cleaning forgotten corners, sorting through that overstuffed drawer, and uncovering what’s hidden beneath and behind. How do things get so dusty? As much as I love my house, …
Tag: Mindfulness
Joy and Sorrow
Grieve not the future nor the past but in the moment. That is where joy can be found along with peace and wonder and, yes, sorrow can be there, too.
There’s Still Time
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord Almighty is with us... Psalm 46: 10-11 Email after email is screaming at me: There’s still time to buy this!!! Last-minute gifts still available. Few things provide a sense of calm this time of year as the knowledge that you are done …
The View
There is something thrilling about waking up to a new landscape. Once it was unexpected snow in Flagstaff. More recently, it was the first blush of dawn on a snow-capped peak near the Oregon border. I can become mesmerized by the ever-changing scene outside my window when I travel. Train travel affords a fresh perspective …
A Moment
Today, I took a moment. Sitting in a mottled patch of sun, I tilted my head back and watched the breeze run its fingers through the top of a tree. I listened to birds twitter. Were they arguing? Maybe, since the pair tore past me at top speed a moment later. I felt the sun …
Grow Where You Get Tossed
It is possible to grow and even thrive where we get tossed. After all, God knows where we are.
Apologies, Dear Ones — Living Intentionally
Apologies dear friends, acquaintances, neighbors, lost pets, vendors, insurance companies, politicians, and things that I needed to remember in 2019. I have deleted your emails. My email inbox has for a long time been a file cabinet that never gets sorted. I hang onto letters from friends and prayer requests and photos. Those all seem worthy of saving. I have saved receipts. Possibly important. Regrettably, I also hang onto articles I wanted to refer to someday and then forget. I hang onto blog posts that seem full of wisdom. I hang onto the community garden newsletter and the city newsletter and …
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SMALL MOMENTS FULL OF GRACE 