What To Do About Violence?
“ANOTHER violent attack, this time in Manchester!??!!!” I hope the person sitting across from me devouring his breakfast croissant couldn’t hear my barely disguised “WTF Holy Spirit!!???!!!!” as I read the news on my phone. I was glad I had time to sit there and take it in. I had the time for the shock, the horror, the disbelief and the never-ending “WHY????!!!” to surface one after another until I felt like I was going to throw up. I asked 20 versions of “What can we DO about this terrible violence??” Somehow “fighting...
Read MoreLiving Guidance
This year my husband and I made a vow to invite spaciousness into our days and weeks (minding our schedule, daily meditation, listening to our own desires). Last year was so full, so very intense that we all but crawled into 2016. We declared January is for napping. As we moved back into our busy days and weeks I began to feel concern that we were going down the road of busy and exhaustion once more so I sought guidance from Holy Spirit. Me: I am feeling apprehensive in betting busy again. How will the busyness feel and how will we manage our health (& well being)? Can we be both...
Read MoreStillness Speaks
When the unexpected, the fearful or the utterly ordinary happens, the Stillness within will comfort, encourage and enfold you in peace. This is what Stillness says whether you are listening or not……….why don’t you pause and listen for awhile? Let each word and sentence caress your heart and remind you, you are loved. I need do nothing. All is being done on my behalf for our greatest awareness of joy. There is nothing I need for all my needs are met in their first infancy of awareness. Everything is conspiring with me for my greatest joy & peace. This process of...
Read MoreThe Golden Elixir of Now
I often wonder how to integrate into my living the vastness of eternity and God-is-Love with the concept of NOW, this minute here right in front of me. More importantly, how do I feel the vastness without immediately slipping into feeling overwhelmed? My Holy Friend is who I turn to in all things, especially the ones that make you want to shout “WTF???!!!” at the top of your lungs. Me: So how do I claim the vastness without experiencing overwhelm? How do I feel All-That-Is without screaming “TOO MUCH!!!”? HS: Precious One, You but need to see the vastness in the...
Read MoreThe Clarity Clause
“I just don’t know what to do….” she said softly. I could picture the fat tears slowly making their way down her cheek. “Grrrr, no news yet. Waiting is SO HARD.” “WTF?!! What are we going to do NOW?” I know several friends going through that path oft travelled where you catch yourself saying “I don’t know” a hundred times an hour. That time of fog and stand-stillness when you do not know which way to turn. It is as hard to watch another feel the betwixt and between as it is to feel it yourself. Thankfully, my Holy Friend...
Read MoreFear Not Your Path
I have noticed it is relatively easy for me to feel overwhelmed. It might be because I have too much on my plate or in my day. Sometimes it is because I find myself embarrassed or feeling oafish at an untoward thought or retort. Finally, I am beginning to see this feeling of overwhelm as more of an alarm clock I set myself to wake me to unloving tendencies or fears rather than the onslaught or annihilation I used to think of it as. The Holy Spirit reminds me again (and again and again…..) that fear is just a reminder to open my eyes. The next time you feel overwhelmed, or stupid or...
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