Reflection #41. Creeping Entitlement
Photo by Eugene Golovesov on Unsplash Reflection #41 — Creeping Entitlement I’ve been caughtwith entitlement in my pocket,thinking life owes intereston...
Reflection #39. Forever Young
My Baby Sister Reflection #40 Forever Young Some of my earlier stepswere not guided by designbut taken because the roadsuddenly bent. Following where...
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Reflection #38 — Living with Passion
Settlers Cabin Park, PA Reflection #38 — Living with Passion I want to live with passion,not as urgency,but as a steady flame,alive within me. Passion is...
Reflection #37 Shifting Gears
Reflection #37 Shifting Gears Reflection #37 Shifting Gears In this time of change,I tend to what is visibleadmitting my sightis soft around the edges....
Reflection #36
Reflection #37 Grandparenting These daysI am practicingthe fine artof being usefulto the parentsof my grandchildren—which mostly...
Reflection #35 Epiphany
Today I mark Epiphany--a day for noticing,for waking againto what matters most. This gentle quiet dayinvites me to reconsiderhow to shape a lifemore whole,...
Reflection #34 A New Year
Winter Solstice @ Penn Forest Reflection #34 — A New YearNew years keeps arrivingwith beginnings and endingsnever dreamed, never rehearsed. Some step into a...
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Reflection #33
Reflection #33 — Holding the FieldI no longer give of myselfas I once did.Instead, I find myself“holding the field”— For years I carried the weight—plans,...
Today Mama Arlene of Rwanda turns 95!
Today is Mama Arlene's 95th birthday! Here is her email if you want to send her a greeting: brown.arlene30@gmail.com Mama Arlene lives and works in Rwanda...
Reflection #32 Rooms of Your Heart
On a summer beach Beginning Again Reflection #32 Rooms of Your Heart I’ve come to seethat happiness is a quiet invitation—a request to give my attentionto...
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Reflection #31 Room to Breathe
Star in my window Reflection #31 Room to Breathe This season in life opens a spaciousnessI hadn’t known I longed for—time to turn toward myselfwith...
Reflection #30 It Is Enough
Photo by Pascal Debrunner on Unsplash Beginning Again Reflection #30 It is Enough These days I look backwith a quieter mind,with curiosity and wonder. What...
Reflection #29 An Unexpected Friendship
First Snow Beginning Again - An Unexpected Friendship I’d like to share a poem with you — one written by a very talented woman and poet, Betty Anne Galloway,...
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Reflection # 28 Two Kinds of Friends
Beginning Again Two Kinds of Friends Reflection # 28 Two Kinds of FriendsI’ve come to thinkthere are two kinds of friends.The first are travelers—companions...
Reflection # 27 Friendship
Friends: 95 & 96 Years Young #26 Friendship In later life,we come to seewhat friendship truly means— a quiet harbor,a resting placefor the tender, unspoken...
Reflection #26 Moving Forward
Summer’s last Dahlias Beginning Again: Reflection #26Moving Forward Whether on the firstor tenth draft of our life,the task remains—to keep moving forward....