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Celebrating heritage and giving thanks for the familial connections, for the love, life and inspiration that passes down through generations, this post at A Mindful Life echoes like a prayer in my soul. These hands have kneaded dough, stirred soup, opened jars with stuck lids, chopped onions, basted roasts, shucked corn, grated cheese, sliced melon. […]

more bonobo images The New York Times points to a fascinating book, Our Inner Ape by Frans De Waal. This book compares human social behavior with two species of apes: chimpanzees and bonobos. Here are some excerpts from the review: Bonobos live in a relatively peaceful matriarchy; when conflicts do arise, instead of fighting they […]

We have bigger houses but smaller families;more conveniences, but less time;We have more degrees, but less sense;more knowledge, but less judgement;more experts, but more problems;more medicines, but less healthiness;We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,but have trouble crossing the street to meetthe new neighbor.We build more computers to hold moreinformation to produce […]

It’s a crisp, clear, beautiful fall day here. I was walking to the coffee shop for my morning fix. As I approached the end of the block I jumped and let out a little squeal as there was a large dead cat pushed up against the curb. I walked out into the street so as […]

Some thoughts from Pond Rings Sometimes our mind and all it knows seeks security, faith demands that we rest in insecurity. Sometimes rational thinking invites our attention into the many possibilities that lie outside of our current experience, faith invites us to trust in those possibilities unfolding. Hope adds to our dreams of something different, […]

Meredith at Graceful Presence invites us to recognize our original face and to rest in an open place of acceptance, inhabiting our original self. As a writing exercise, I will read her words (posted in pink) and then allow my own words to freely flow, accepting whatever comes out as this moment’s expression of my […]

hearing from you, Ashley, how we have been in your thoughts recently too makes me realize how many layers of connection, community and care are active, often in ways we are not aware of. Isn’t this such a delight and powerful reminder. Christy Lee-Engel and I were talking this morning about the unique phenomena of […]