Sacred Practice: Cultivating Expansiveness
Sacred Practice: Cultivating Expansiveness Sometimes, we need to step out of the minute details of everyday life and give ourselves some breathing room. Through habit we get caught up in reviewing our lives—from past decisions to present situations. In all of this, our experience of the sacred can get lost. At times like these, it’s helpful…
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Wednesday Wisdom: Connect with the Energy of Gratitude
Wednesday Wisdom: Connect with the Energy of Gratitude I’m noticing that I am going through more layers of loss over a long-term friendship that ended last spring. Recently, my mind began replaying the story of what happened, and even, what could have happened. I felt my resistance to even thinking about the situation, and to…
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How Do We Meet Our Restlessness?
Wednesday Wisdom: How do we turn restlessness, into restfulness? As I find myself in the middle of my summer break from my school library job, I am noticing the way I am relating to this period of time. I notice the way I can become restless, and even anxious with the openness. Yet, I know…
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Sacred Practice: Permission
Permission doesn’t sound like a very spiritual word, but I’ve come to realize it’s what allows us to say YES. We can give ourselves permission to listen to our desires, to fulfill our longings, and to care for our needs. Yet so many of us keep our desires tucked away, unfulfilled. This creates a pressure that…
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Inspiration Fountain
This year, I will be starting a new category on my blog called, “Inspiration Fountain,” in which I will be posting various teachings, images, meditations, reflections, and more, that inspire me–and hopefully will inspire you. Our prayer life is always growing, let these words from Richard Rohr inspire you.
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Fill Yourself with Delight
Wednesday Wisdom: Fill Yourself with Delight. “Every object, every being, is a jar full of delight.” – Rumi Delight—what a beautiful word! Say the word aloud as you read it: Delight. It’s so uplifting—a word that begs for an answer to the question: How am I living a life of delight during these summer months?…
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