New Blog series starting 2/5/23!
It's time for a new writing challenge It's time to join me on an adventure by reading my 2023 writing challenge. The yearly writing challenge is a 21-weekday intensive of writing essays on a theme. It’s...
Diving for Light, Day 20 - Doing Something While Doing Nothing
> If love is truly a verb, > if help is a verb, > if forgiveness is a verb, > if kindness is a verb, > then you can do something about it. > - Betty Eadie “I’m so tired of doing nothing.” I’ve heard...
The Power of Grief and Gratitude
> Grief and gratitude are kindred souls, > each pointing to the beauty > of what is transient and given to us by grace. - Patricia Campbell Carlson My mother died when I was 25, plunging me into profound...
Diving for Light, Day 18 - Accepting Gladness
> We must risk delight... > We must have the stubbornness > to accept gladness > in the ruthless furnace of this world… > We must admit that there will be music > despite everything. > - Jack Gilbert,...
Diving for Light, Day 17 - Cycles of Life
> Nothing beautiful in the end comes without a measure of some pain, some frustration, some suffering. This is the nature of things. This is how our universe has been made up. > - Desmond Tutu, The Book...
Diving for Light, Day 16 - Collective Vulnerability
> Let go or be dragged. - Zen proverb I read a story on Friday from the LA Times about the US spread of coronavirus from our coasts into the interior states. Even after weeks of knowing what is coming...
Diving for Light, Day 15 - Creative Solitude
> One of the secrets of happiness is having a host of activities that we can enjoy when we are alone… > When we use our skills for self-nourishment and to foster deeper connections with people…loneliness...
Diving for Light, Day 14 - Hope on a Dark Day
> Hope where we had ceased to hope. > Hope amidst what threatens hope. > Hope with those who feed our hope. > Hope beyond what we had hoped. > - Jan Richardson, Circle of Grace I promised to stay positive...
Diving for Light, Day 13 - Relationship in Isolation
> Wellness is found not in isolation but in relationship. - Phillip Newell, A New Harmony I’ve been home, sheltering in place, for just over four weeks. I began early, deciding to self-quarantine after...
Diving for Light, Day 12 - Controlling the Uncontrollable
> You may not control life's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them. -Atul Gawande, Being Mortal I spent much of my younger adult life...