Wake Up Call! – Familiar Routines!

August 28, 20160

FAMILIAR ROUTINES! Familiar routines and rituals are often the birthing ground for unexpected surprises. For years we have gone to Cape Cod with the same twelve couples. We go the…

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Wake Up Call! – Be Still!

August 14, 20160

BE STILL! Be still and listen to what is revealed in the stillness! “Be still!” she said to me. I was taken aback then I remembered Kay had been part…

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Wake Up Call! – Surprising Good Memories

August 7, 20160

SURPRISING GOOD MEMORIES! Surprising good memories come alive when we allow ourselves to be present to them! Last week was the first birthday of a friend since her death. I…

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Wake Up Call! – Unexpected Insights!

July 31, 20160

UNExpected insights ! Have you noticed how new insights or awareness usually come from unexpected messengers? My nephews and their parents were over for dinner and we adults were watching…

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Wake Up Call! – Celebrate the Abundance of Small Things!

July 24, 20160

CELEBRATE THE ABUNDANCE OF SMALL THINGS! To celebrate the abundance and joys of small things is a big thing! One of my summer joys is to visit Farmer’s Markets and…

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Wake Up Call! – Are You Open & Aware?

July 17, 20160

ARE YOU OPEN & AWARE? To be open and aware to what life may present you is a choice and a gift. My cousin from Connecticut, along with a friend…

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Wake Up Call! – Responding to the Killings

July 10, 20160

RESPONDING TO THE KILLINGS Our reactions to violence and killing are gritty; how we respond can light a path forward. My heart aches at the most recent killings and images…

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Wake Up Call! – Human Goodness!

July 3, 20160

HUMAN GOODNESS! Human goodness is all around us; are we attentive to it? Walking to a meeting in New York I noticed two elderly women on a sidewalk with their…

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Wake Up Call! – Welcome the Unexpected!

June 26, 20160

WELCOME THE UNEXPECTED! To welcome the unexpected is to be present to life right now. I was recently on a mission to find a toaster in one of those large…

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Wake Up Call! – In Time of Trauma

June 19, 20160

IN TIME OF TRAUMA Times of trauma can only be lived through with a community of support. I’ve been surprised this week by the depth of my emotions and reactions…

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