Take a Moment of Reflection: What Matters
In the end only three things matter: How much you loved, How gently you loved, How gently you lived, And how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. - Buddhist saying The New Year is a time for reflection and new beginnings. As you start the New Year, how...
Take A Moment of Reflection: Space Between the Logs
Fire What makes a fire burn is space between the logs, a breathing space. too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between,...
Take A Moment of Reflection: Facing Fear-Moving Into the Waves
Recently, I was visiting a close friend of mine in Jacksonville, Florida who lives mere blocks from the beach. I decided to get up early in the morning to go for a bracing swim. Typically, when I go to a beach with waves, I love to get out beyond the breakers where...
Take A Moment of Reflection: Stand Firm
Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are. -Kabir Sometimes the hardest thing...
Take A Moment of Reflection: Leaving A Legacy
Within seven weeks almost to the day that my father passed away last November, my mother followed. In some ways it was a surprise, and in other ways, it made complete sense. They were both 91 years old and had been married 62 years. An image that remains ingrained in...
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