I have been mostly silent much of my life. As an introvert growing up in a family who couldn’t “hear” me and a world who didn’t understand me, silence came naturally to me. Words were always slow to form, regardless of my desire to do so. My attempts to speak…
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UNRAVELING TO AWAKEN AUTHENTICITY
“Unraveling external selves and coming home to our real identity is the true meaning of soul work.” Sue Monk Kidd Unraveling to awaken authenticity is an important task for the aging woman. Yes, there is much to be done in the unraveling department, but we are uniquely ready. Fortunately, when…
View More UNRAVELING TO AWAKEN AUTHENTICITYBeneath Our Pain
We dig beneath our pain not only to eliminate the pain, but to grow through and beyond it; to discover what, or who, is lurking there in the dark corner of our heart left unattended as life passed swiftly by. When we grow weary of living on the surface, of…
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My nights of late have been filled with dreams of struggle. Arguments, unease, confusion. I am going through a deep change. I can feel it happening in many areas of my life and my dreams seem to be reflecting the movement. What’s different this time is that some of the dreams…
View More Our Spiritual NatureA Reason to Journey On
Since last writing, I have been on a journey, both an exterior one and an interior one. We are all, everyday, journeying somewhere, whether we leave our home or not. There is so very much to learn about the nature of life, the gift of living, and our reason for…
View More A Reason to Journey OnContemplate Beauty
“When you look upon another human being and feel great love toward them, or when you contemplate beauty in nature and something within you responds deeply to it, close your eyes for a moment and feel the essence of that love or that beauty within you, inseparable from who you are,…
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