I don’t know where I’ve been, but I actually listened to the lyrics of this song yesterday, and thought they were thought-provoking and inclusive, and although many Christians today bemoan the fact that everything has become relative, I’d counter to say that people who have been hurt by the church have thrown everything out in […]
A Punch of Color
Okay, so I trotted up to the cities yesterday to find some cool, funky fabric for summer dresses for Liliana and aprons for the two of us. I’m set. Now all I need to do is go to Chicago this weekend, get my talk done, a panel moderated, and I’m good to go. Oh, except […]
Moving Out Into the Debris
I’ve been out-of-my-mind exhausted the past several days, and yet I wake up at four every morning, my mind churning, my body tossing. All it means is that I’m stressing when I shouldn’t be…and oh yeah, I should probably “up” my workouts. That always makes me sleep. I discovered a wonderful quote today that reminded […]
The Work
Yesterday in the comments I mentioned that part of feeling compassion (and I would add to that–forgiveness and love and peace) stems from your ability to change your perspective on things. With any therapist I’ve ever been to, the first two questions I’ve always asked (because of the tremendous pain I’ve felt over the years) […]
Compassion
Last night, I had to trek up to the cities for a get-together with people from the film/screenwriting community, and on my way up, I listened to the latest podcast of MPR’s Speaking of Faith with Thich Nhat Hanh, a well-known and revered Zen master and poet who did an unusual thing during the Vietnam […]