Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

The whole universe and all events are sacred (doorways to the divine) for those who know how to see. In other words, everything that happens is potentially sacred if you allow it to be. ~Richard Rohr I mentioned in my last…

True personal growth is about transcending the part of you that is not okay and needs protection. ~Michael Singer I set a goal at the beginning of 2015 to write one blog post a week. You have’t heard from me…

What a thrill it was to be informed that my essay, “Perfect Failure” tied for third place in Story Circle Network’s Life Writing Competition. To have one’s writing acknowledged by other writers is indeed an honor. LifeWriting Competition: 2015 Winners:…

Community empowers us. Isolation weakens us. Community is a critically important element in growing into conscious elderhood and enjoying this new chapter in your life. Conscious Living, Conscious Aging Ron Pevny   “I’m amazed at the number of groups you…

I have never thought of  myself as a good writer. But I’m one of the world’s great re-writers. James A. Michener Michener’s book, The Source, is one of my all-time favorites.   And Steve Berry seems to have loved him…

…the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. Kurt Vonnegut   This is the second in my series on creating community. In this post, I’m featuring the Cincinnati Writing…

“The key…is community, which is so necessary for physical, emotional, and spiritual health throughout life and especially as we age. Ron Pevny, author of Conscious Living, Conscious Aging For my emotional and spiritual health, after retiring from my profession as…

The special moments in which we individuals receive a grace show how the universe loves to become personal, to incarnate itself in time and space. David Richo   Photo taken by Joshua Thomas of Red River, New Mexico   For…

An intention for 2015: Increase my awareness of the light of grace in the midst of life’s messiness. Linda A. Marshall   On January 1st I posted this intention on my blog. On January 2nd messiness entered my life. As…

Look for God’s realm peeking through our imperfect world. Deb Kaiser-Cross My friends, Kathryn, Sharon, Karen, Jennie and many others speak of feeling closer to the Divine in nature than anywhere else. Jennie, one of my writer friends, writes eloquently…