I’m back in Seattle now after a little over 2 weeks in Atlanta with family and fate. I sit in one of my favorite coffee shops. Drink coffee, eat a bagel, watch the people around, smell the smells, hear the many sounds, feel the quiet/loud, stillness/activity. It’s sunny outside. I see the light shining through […]
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Pieces of a Puzzle
Each lifetime is the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.For some there are more pieces.For others the puzzle is more difficult to assemble.Some seem to be born with a nearly complete puzzle.And so it goes.Souls going this way and thatTrying to assemble the myriad parts. But know this. No one has within themselvesAll the pieces to […]
Ever-changing States of Being
Life is a wild trip. A little over a week ago I was very busy, holding many different threads. I was working on many projects, bringing delicious things into being, maintaining my usual jobs and trying my best to stay balanced and keep up with it all. I was on the edge, close to being […]
Here! Take My Fin!
Fish Friendsby Clara, Age 9, Brookside Elementary“My piece of art is compassionate because one fish is helping the other.” From the What Does Compassion Look Like Campaign?
Voice Dialoguing and A Personal Story
Journaling yesterday morning, I found myself wondering about how I operate:Who is it that has all the control? Who is the dominant decision maker?I decided to explore this inquiry through Voice Dialoguing. If you’re not familiar with Voice Dialogue, Brandy George explains it here: Voice Dialogue work allows us to transform the unconscious struggle of […]
Learning From Others
I feel so fortunate that my life includes opportunities to learn from and be with children. Here is a bit of learning that I journaled about the other day. One day as a school counselor, a fortunate human being, sharing, relating and exploring in an educational community. Today I learned about bravery. These children are […]
Feeling Belonging and Warmth
“Just outside of Nairobi there is an elephant orphanage where elephant calves found in the wild without a mother are brought to and raised till they are old and big enough to survive in the wild and then they are released back into the wild. NOTE the blankets tied around them. This is done with […]