Compassionate Abiding
This is my latest favorite find from Pema Chodron. On her FB page, she posted the link to a HuffPost article about her recent appearance on Oprah’s “Super Soul Sunday”, with some beautiful tips on...
View ArticleThe Wisdom of Trees
This poem is one of my personal favorites that I’ve written. I wrote it after having gone in and through a particularly difficult time. It continues to bring me solace today. past the borders of...
View ArticleGreatest Hits
These are two useful mindfulness tools from my “greatest hits” of 2014. I still practice both of these. The first is very calming, grounding and restorative, and useful also with nighttime...
View ArticleSpiritual Awakening
Today I bring you an excerpt from Jeff Foster’s “10 Shockingly Simple, Life-Changing Principles of Spiritual Awakening”, click on that link to see it in its entirety. Tough to pick just one to...
View ArticleBuddha Shovels Snow
It’s been a long time since I posted any poetry from Billy Collins. He’s an interesting poet – irreverent at times, addressing life even in its difficulty with equal parts depth and humor. His...
View ArticleA Compassionate Awareness
I was so impressed by a Jeff Foster video today, that I sat down to transcribe parts of it for myself and for all of you. He is one of many gifted spiritual teachers who is helping others practice...
View ArticleDedication & Investment
Cannon Beach – October 2014 It’s been a very long time since I posted here, after 8 years solid of blogging! And I didn’t even say goodbye or see you later! So here I am — and so happy I have...
View ArticleSovereign
First PNW Forest Bloom February 2016 Affirmation for the day: I am a sovereign, sentient* being. No one, no thing can affect my energy without my permission. Now to put the affirmation to practice....
View ArticleAll That I Need
Infinitely wise intelligence has supplied all that I need today, and then some: The birds chirped their good cheer. The wind sang of the invisible made visible, as it caressed my skin. The brook...
View ArticleHigher Power As Partner
Your principal responsibility in this life is to keep your own consciousness free of negativity. When you indulge in fear and doubt you flood the arena where the Higher Power is attempting to work,...
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