Tag: Grace

A Gift of Grace from the Universe

The telephone rang, interrupting my brooding about the abrupt alteration in my life circumstances and whether or not I needed an anti-depressant to deal with my situation more effectively. I suspected I was depressed because I was loosing interest in working…

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Missing the Mark

In the original languages (Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek), the word “sin” means “missing the mark.” In my last post written almost two months ago, I spoke of setting an intention to extend loving kindness to my daughter as she faced her…

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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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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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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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Monday—A Grace-filled Day

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…

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An Opportunity to Practice

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…

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DEEPENING: Divine Messiness

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…

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