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Wisdom in everyday life

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  • Choosing

    I was just in Sedona looking around at all that open space. After spending some time in LA looking at that sky especially the night sky was amazing. I was struck by the people there each equally a tourist whether spiritual ones or not. Sedona is known for its many energy vortexes and large amounts… Read more

  • Recovering from my near death experience (she’s a drama queen) prompted by the flu I have gained a fresh perspective on something going on in my life. As a teacher there is this push inside of me to do ‘the right’ thing, whatever that is. It is important for me to be real, to walk… Read more

  • So sick but not any more

    There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before. Henry David Thoreau After an intense time of emotional upheavals one can hit a wall. I hit mine on my way to LA and promptly got sick. As I… Read more

  • Stuck in a mind trap

    This image says a lot about what has been going on within my mind lately. I have made a mistake because I have been lost in a mind trap. A trap of my own making. Keeping my focus on my son for the last few months has moved my thinking mind away from my own… Read more

  • Hair Liberation

    I’m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair. Hillary Clinton I am one of those women who enjoys changing my look to accommodate my emerging identity. I have worn my hair in so many different ways and have been so many different colors, (probably speaks to the many personalities living… Read more

  • Falling during the Fall

    I am a tree a big strong tree. This tree just spent a week standing against a storm. The same storm that comes over and over again in my life. I am a mother of a bipolar son who wants to live and doesn’t want to live at the same time because the burning sensation… Read more

  • Get a new perspective

    As humans we are very caught up in our human-ness. When I talk to people and they are explaining what is wrong, what’s going on, or who it is that they are blaming for their current issue, I hear nothing but limited thinking. When you get so stuck in your small world problems and the… Read more

  • Laughing to myself

    “No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It’s very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open, completely themselves when that message hits the brain and the laugh begins. That’s when new ideas can be implanted. If a new idea slips in at that moment, it has a… Read more

  • I dreamed a dream

    I dreamed a dream that I was fish in a pond. I am a large fish because my spirit is large yet I swim without a care. I swim in waters that do not scare me and though I never know where I am, I know I am where I am supposed to be. I… Read more

  • This to shall pass

    This too shall pass because this is only temporary. This day is only temporary, this is Wednesday July 11th and this day shall pass. And tomorrow will be another day and no matter the importance of this day or the next day these days are only temporary. She says to herself over and over again… Read more