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A Gestalt Poem: If I just do my thing and you do yours,We stand in danger of losing each otherAnd ourselves. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations;But I am in this world to confirm youAs a unique human being,And to be confirmed by you. We are fully ourselves only […]

“Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.” — Rachel Naomi Remen Brought to us by Rick at a new life emerging: I want to live boldly and to my […]

Here’s a link for some quality Education Quotes. Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say “tomorrow.” Their name is today. — Gabriela Mistral (Chilean teacher 1899 – 1957) How much do we put off in […]

I’ve just returned from a soul-full trip to the Pacific coast, LaPush, Washington … It was so gorgeous and revitalizing to feel the rhythm of the ocean where it meets the land… playing amongst whales, sea lions, eagles and chipmunks! Hiking back from the last beach that we visited, Thomas asked me what I’ve learned […]

Every night my son would come running to my bed shaking beacause he had a bad dream. I asked him about the dream and he said that a tickle monster would chase after him and try to hurt him. So I asked if he would draw this tickle monster. He immediately jumped up and started […]

The more you unwind, the deeper you experience. In place of wasting energy figuring out your plans, accept whatever comes; because in the end, each circumstance is a mirror of what is already in your heart. Nipun and Guri’s words from The Inner-net have me thinking… How deep do I experience? How deep can I […]