On this last, beautiful day of 2011, I’m saying goodbye to you, my dear readers, for a while. There’s a book to be written. There are personal assessments to be done. And in order for them to be done to the best of my ability, I need to disappear—sink into that thoughtful quiet space of […]
Nodding Silently
From Wendell Berry’s “Sabbaths 2000, II” in Given: Poems. [Post image: Winter Walk by Alfi007 on stock.xchng]
How Will I Be Different By Being in the World?
On Tuesday we talked about our impact on the world. Today, we’re talking about the world’s impact on us. How will we be different by being in the world? Can we control what we absorb? Our world is comprised of many factors—all of which can have a positive or negative affect. It’s our job to […]
Training in Joy
Such wisdom from Pema Chödrön in her book The Places That Scare You. Happiness (true happiness) seems scarce around the holidays. We don’t like to admit it, but it’s true. So, I thought this tender reminder might help us a bit. Isn’t that wonderful? I’m feeling a little weathered right now, and I’m uncertain about what my […]