Category: meditation

The Pause Between

.Reading time 11 minutes.

“When God closes one door, He opens another.” It’s 5 a.m. I’m wide awake, though I don’t need to be. For the first time in almost 30 years, I don’t have a job.  Last month, my employer announced it would be making reductions in the workforce, and I knew, in the mental intersection of intuition […]

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Little Joys are Big Stress Relievers

.Reading time 8 minutes.

Let me introduce you to my geese. Well, these geese are not actually mine. But I’ve become mildly obsessed with them. My infatuation began years ago, when I lived in a new, sprawling subdivision with amenities that included several lagoons. One spring, a pair of geese decided to establish their home there. I’m no expert […]

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Interview with a Monkey Mind

.Reading time 7 minutes.

My mind has a mind of its own. It’s good to know I’m not alone in this. Apparently it’s been a common struggle throughout the ages, so we can’t even blame cell phones and video games for our gnat-sized attention spans. In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, an ancient text on the art and science […]

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Life lessons from my herb garden

.Reading time 8 minutes.

Here’s what my herb garden looked like this morning, after a long summer of perfect herb-growing weather and no gardener. I was feeling ambitious in March as I selected all these plants in their tiny biodegradable pots. The reality is that my poor garden has been on its own for the past four months. Herb […]

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