Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

2015 Reflections ~ 2016 Intentions

For me, 2015 started at Thanksgiving 2014. As was often true for me during the holidays, I was focused on what was missing in my life and feeling depressed. I was stuck in the writing of my memoir and felt the…

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Facing My Fear of Conflict

“When you’re scared, you stay as you are.” ~Stephen Richards, author of Releasing You From Fear Our world is turbulent. As I write this, we’ve just experienced the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11. Fourteen people lost their lives….

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A Moving Re-creation

Moving, even when desired, is considered one of the top five stressful life events because it disrupts our routine. I took possession of my new home on October 5 and immediately began to try to create order out of chaos…

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Why Do I Write a Blog?

The Mastermind Group to which I belong met yesterday. Two of us write blogs and part of our goal is to increase our readership. At the end of our meeting, one member asked, “Why do you write a blog? What…

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Doorway to the Divine

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…

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A Holy Pause

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…

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Story Circle Network 2015 LifeWriting Content Winner

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:…

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Graced with Community

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…

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Polishing

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…

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COMMUNITY: Cincy Writing Group Wow’s Me

…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…

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