Quotable Monday

How we spend our days is
of course
how we spend our lives.
-Annie Dillard

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Is the Law of Attraction Crap?

Okay, maybe that is a bit terse, but after so many months of sharing thoughts on trying to live in the present moment, being positive, getting clear, and all that “woo-woo” stuff, I feel like kicking it all in the pants. And admit it; haven’t you wondered or wanted to do the same thing?
To [...]

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Two Glasses of Wine Theory

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 glasses of wine theory…
A professor stood before his philosophy class with some items on his desk in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up [...]

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Quotable Monday

Crucial to finding the way is this:
there is no beginning or end.
You must make your own map.
-Joy Harjo

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Milagros Spirit Icons-Hands

Here are two pictures in the periodic posting of my Milagros Spirit Icons series. These two Milagros Spirit Icons represent the hands and/or arm. The hand/arm Milagros represents our connection to others. Our hands are the way we relate to the world; we reach out to others and others return our touch.
The [...]

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Quotable Monday

Choose an object that inspires you and allow it to assist you in restoring balance of mind and emotions.
Engage the focus on an inspiring object.
-Nischala Joy Devi

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Quotable Monday

Spirituality is about paying attention to your life;
always asking in every moment,
“What can I learn from this?”
-Oprah

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Don’t Worry, Be Happy

Here is a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry, be happy
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry, you make it double
Don’t worry, be happy…
It has been 20 years since Bobby McFerrin first sang those words. I remember when I first heard the song. It [...]

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Quotable Monday

You can’t accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself.  If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: when you get the chance, go for it.
-Oprah

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Gardening: A Practice in Acceptance

Within 72 hours or so of posting about gardening as a spiritual practice, I learned that gardening is also a practice in acceptance when Eric commented “Someone has been eating our hostas.”
Sure enough, a young female deer had foraged through the garden bed closest to the house and did serious damage to the once large [...]

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