Dysfunctional pasts are tricky, sticky things to disentangle from. Because I felt unseen and isolated in my family, much of my sense of being close came through conflict and entanglement. We really didn’t know how to spend time together in a relaxed way. We were all on constant guard. Today I recognize that I reach
Do not forget about me today. Soul and I will not forget about you. Let us have our morning coffee together. Walk with me. When I speak, be in my words. When I think, shape my thoughts-act through me. Hold me steady throughout my day and keep me safe – safe from harm, safe from
Today I understand that when I project my feelings outward and see them as belonging to other people and not to me, I postpone my own self-awareness. The only way I can deal with difficult feelings is first to claim them as my own. Sitting with anxiety, anger, rage and jealousy is not pleasant, but
I will be ready. When death comes, I will understand that she has come for me. I am no exception, nor should I be. Along with all who are living, my case is terminal. A philosophy of life without a philosophy of death is not real, is incomplete, is blind to what we live with
Today I understand why detaching with love has been difficult for me. It has taken me a long time to understand truly that there are some things I can do absolutely nothing about. My past taught me to remain in the cycle of fixing and doing. It seemed less painful to be stuck in trying
Creativity is central to my experience of soul. It helps me to see evidence of soul in funny little nooks and crannies of living. It allows me to risk my own expression of self. Every act that I undertake can be made more beautiful when I allow my own creativity to shine through, to be
Today I understand that in forgiving someone else I free myself. I held back on forgiveness because it seemed too kind an act for those who had hurt me. Why should I make them feel good? Why should I let them off the hook? I understand now that forgiving someone else and letting go –
I will be quiet and experience the moment. When I accept that the day before me is a teacher, that it has within it as many of the deepest components of mystery, love and God as any moment of teaching or doctrine could contain, then to experience the moment is to experience the soul. It
I will live the life that I have in front of me today. I get so caught up in what I would like to be, I forget to be what I am. I believe today that there is a plan for me and that my life is unfolding as it is meant to. I remove