Empowerment Category
Don’t mind the monkey
Posted on March 27, 2024 Leave a Comment
I’m pretty familiar with the – my – monkey mind, when I’m specifically trying to meditate. But recently I’ve noticed my monkey mind is actually at play, well, ALL. The. Time. Look (she said to herself, she said), and notice how often I am working on something and an interrupting thought crosses my mind. That […]
First versions
Posted on March 13, 2024 Leave a Comment
Holding the vision of what you want, your goal, your end product, is important. Even greater is to dwell in the joy of that vision attained, and then give it up. And then, get moving. Begin. And then, begin again. Here’s the kicker: it can be hard to make the efforts when they merely stumble […]
Begin. Continue.
Posted on March 6, 2024 Leave a Comment
Imperfect action is better than doing nothing. andy hill Right. My head is constantly filled with thoughts, ideas, plans. If I think about it (ha ha), they are mostly focused on the outcome, the finished product, the one-day-we’ll-get-there. Thank you for the reminder to get moving. The outcome is in the unfolding action. It’s because […]
A piece of courage
Posted on February 28, 2024 Leave a Comment
You may be familiar with a description of courage that says: Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s feeling the fear and doing it anyway. There was a very specific time in my life, an entire lifetime ago, where this got me through each day. Sometimes each moment of each day. I will be forever […]
Patience as a spiritual practice
Posted on February 21, 2024 Leave a Comment
Impatience is a regular thief of joy. chani nicholas Where in our lives are we impatient? When do we find ourselves in a situation that we wish were different, and we are perhaps a bit out of sorts? Maybe it’s being stuck in a standstill drive-through. Could be during monotonous days of weather involving a […]