By Leo Babauta As I write this, I’m sitting in cloud-filled rainforest at a retreat in Ecuador, surrounded by the calls of thousands of tropical birds and creatures, dense lush greenery, and some of the most open-hearted human beings I’ve ever met. Before I came… Read More
I’ve been thinking a lot about my parents lately, and wondering: What if we all have to recover from childhood? To be clear: I am not discussing abuse situations in this post. I am curious about the experience of being a child – small, without agency,… Read More
Image: Total Presence by Amoret
“It turns sacred when your total presence infuses the world with a force of wild grace. Thereafter follows liberation.” ~The Vertical Oracle
Prophecy-Fulfilling Self A snow of dust is on the dresser, the unhinged bed lies open. I’m becoming someone I longed for wants ago. © 2015 Amoret BriarRose. All rights reserved. Image via Tryphena
Image: Birthing Our Stories by Amoret
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. ~Mary Oliver
Image: You Can Love The Challenge by Amoret
Feel the bumps on the road and a sense of adventure simultaneously…
In retrospect, I can see in my own life what I could not see at the time: how the job I lost helped me find work I needed to do, how the “road closed” sign turned me toward terrain I needed to travel, how losses that felt irredeemable forced me to discern meanings I needed to know. On the surface it seemed that life was lessening, but silently and lavishly the seeds of new life were always being sown. ~ Parker J. Palmer, Autumn: To Cohere in Mysterious Unity
Image: Autumn Leaves by Seth Stoll – some rights reserved
Image: Clouds by the aucitron – some rights reserved
My life gets really busy. Just this last week, I was up at 6am most days to work out, worked 9-5, had two evening therapy sessions (couples therapy on Monday, personal therapy on Thursday), had two evening calls (and have one more to go this… Read More
Some kind of demon has possessed my soul. I have allowed comments on my blog posts again. We’ll see how it goes! Image: Farting Demon (creator unknown – if you know who I should credit for this work, please contact me)
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