Annie Dillard wrote, “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,” a line that resonated…
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soul work
Growing older we discover that life doesn’t actually get easier. We just become a bit more skilled at navigating the ups and downs. On good days, I can see the challenges that come my way as invitations to stretch a little, grow a little, learn a little. Viewed this way, just about everything becomes an opportunity for soul work. Read more about what soul work means to me, or browse the archive of stories below.
spring thaw
(inside and out)
I step out of the shower and stand dripping with my towel wrapped around me, looking out the bathroom window….
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when the going gets tough
When the going gets tough may I resist my first impulse to wade in, fix, explain, resolve, and restore. May…
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“thank you”
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” ~ …
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to love like a grandmother
“Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for…
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in awe of the subtle
I am perched on a stool in my friend’s kitchen, looking out at the same mountains I see from my…
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