by Deb | Dec 7, 2011 | Balance, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger, Must ask permission to know it and be known. The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, I have made this place around you. If...
by Deb | Nov 4, 2011 | Balance, Connections, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” -Rumi, Sufi poet When we name things as right or wrong, we leave no room for a meeting of the hearts. When I find myself in disagreement with someone, I can get...
by Deb | Sep 4, 2011 | Balance, Creativity, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
In various spiritual practices, the world as we experience it with our senses is considered an illusion. It is not reality. Reality is the internal place at the core of our being the place our inner wisdom, inner calm and sense of well being reside; the place that...
by Deb | Dec 25, 2010 | Balance, Change, Transition and Transformation, Healing, Learning, Spirituality and Reflection
One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is the title of a fabulous book by Iyanla Vanzant that takes the reader through a 40-day process of spiritual and personal growth. I had an experience recently that gave me an understanding of how Iyanla must have felt when she came up...
by Deb | Apr 10, 2010 | Balance, Mindful and Intentional, Spirituality and Reflection
Why are we so attracted to being mindless? Today’s technology has made it easier and easier for us to remain completely mindless. Walking down the street on the way to the subway station. Why allow my mind to have some quiet time to reflect when I can send an...
by Deb | Jan 1, 2010 | Balance, Connections, Healing, Quilt of Humanity
So often, we fail to see the connections in our life. In some cases, this can be life threatening. In the New York Times Magazine article, Perplexing Pain, Lisa Sanders writes about a woman who suffered for years from attacks of abdominal pain, rapid heart rate,...
