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September 21, 2020

02 I am sure you have noticed by now that everything we want comes with something we don’t want attached. There is no escaping it, no denying it, which leaves us with accepting it, and letting it be because it is. There is nothing wrong anywhere in our life that growing up some more againContinue reading “September 21, 2020”

September 20, 2020

04 The fulcrum–the pivot point–from past to future is to live with nothing at stake in the outcome. Giving our best to the moment with nothing to gain and nothing to lose, intent only on honoring the situation as it unfolds around us by responding to what is called for with the gifts we haveContinue reading “September 20, 2020”

September 19, 2020

01 What is the nature of your pain? What are you doing with your life? I think one contributes to, flows from, the other. Our pain forms our life, our life shapes our pain. We exist at the mercy of the two, or as the meeting place of the two, or as a collaborative partnerContinue reading “September 19, 2020”

September 18, 2020

03 Our work is to respond appropriately to what is called for in each situation as it arises. Each situation calls for something. How we respond to that call makes all the difference. When we are more concerned with what we are asking for from the situation than with what the situation is asking forContinue reading “September 18, 2020”

September 17, 2020

04 This isn’t a competition. No one is keeping score. We are not being graded. Our work is not to do or be better than anyone else at anything. Our work is simply being as good as we can be at being who we are. At being ourselves. Our work is developing our relationship withContinue reading “September 17, 2020”

September 16, 2020

02 We don’t know what is going to happen, but. We are here, now, because we have dealt with everything up until here, now, successfully enough to be here, now. That is evidence enough for me to trust myself to deal with whatever happens in a way that carries me on into wherever this isContinue reading “September 16, 2020”

September 15, 2020

03 What symbols are living symbols for you? Which ones bring you to life? Ground you? Open you to the moment, and to the wonder of life, the mysterium tremendum, the awe inspiring mystery, at the heart of being alive? What symbols enable you to face anything? Serve as a guide through dark times? AContinue reading “September 15, 2020”

September 14, 2020

02 People have been missing the point forever. Thinking they/we are the point, and that everything here is for our benefit and enjoyment– to “fill the earth and subdue it,” party hardy and pass a good time. We plop out of the womb figuring the angles, calculating our chances, contriving, conning scheming, planning… always withContinue reading “September 14, 2020”

September 13, 2020

02 We have to be right about what is important and live as though it is in each situation as it arises, no matter what. It is never more difficult than that. It is always that difficult. In order to pull it off, we have to be mindfully aware of what matters most to usContinue reading “September 13, 2020”

September 12, 2020

02 When people ask me if I believe in God, I ask them if they believe in Grace. Most say something on the order of “Of course!” I follow up with, “Why do you believe in Grace?” Most say something on the order of “I have experienced it in my own life!” And I say,Continue reading “September 12, 2020”

September 11, 2020

03 We pretend it is going to last forever. We do not look at the score. We do not look at the clock. We do not wonder “How much LOOONNNGGEEERRR as though we need it to be done, NOW! Our full attention is on the moment, this moment, the time and place of our living.Continue reading “September 11, 2020”

September 10, 2020

04 Chief Seattle and Black Elk did not have a PhD between them. Or a Masters Degree. Or a Bachelors Degree. Or a high school diploma. And they were brilliant men of soul, fit for the company of Gandalf the Grey, Albus Dumbledore, Obi wan Kenobi and Yoda. Dolly Parton would belong to that group.Continue reading “September 10, 2020”