Halloween was always a thrilling time for me, both as a child and as an adult. It’s not that I was that into being scared; scary things were actually way too intense for me when I was little. And candy was nice, but given the weird scares of the 1980s, I wasn’t allowed to eatContinue reading “Halloween, Permission, and Being Something Else”
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What if we could not waste one more moment hating our bodies?
A moving column in CNN last month revealed the thing that the dying often regret the most: all the time they spent hating their own bodies. Kerry Egan, a hospice chaplain, shared her experiences of talking with the dying. A 75-year-old woman dying of cancer just wants one more piece of caramel cake. But herContinue reading “What if we could not waste one more moment hating our bodies?”
Seek balance. Find what’s important. Fulfill.
Think globally, but act locally. Plan for the future, but act in the present. Dream of all the masterpieces you’d be thrilled to create, but work on just one at a time. Lust for every enticing soul you see, but only make love to the imperfect beauty you’re actually with. Allow yourself to be flooded with every last feeling that bubbles up from yourContinue reading “Seek balance. Find what’s important. Fulfill.”
Heroic helplessness
Image courtesy of Mme Scherzo I was taken with David Kanigan’s post the other day, quoting Florida Scott-Maxwell on aging, and including this beautiful photograph of I-know-not-whom, but surely one of the most beautiful women I’ve ever seen of any age. I include the entirely of the quotation he included here, because it is worthwhile:Continue reading “Heroic helplessness”
Happy Spring
I’ve been insanely busy this week, and haven’t been able to bring you your regularly scheduled touch-tales. But May is here, and Beltane, and sunshine, and all the flowers ever. So as you go into your weekend, I will simply bid you a happy and beautiful Spring by sharing some of my yard with you.
[Re-run] “Open your eyes, and be surprised that you have eyes to open.”
My mentor Joan shared this video this morning, and I watched it all the way through until the tears flowed. I recommend the same to each of you. It is a sublime meditation on gratitude, replete with gorgeous time-lapse photography, some of the most interesting and beautiful faces I’ve ever seen, and the gentle, liltinglyContinue reading “[Re-run] “Open your eyes, and be surprised that you have eyes to open.””
“Open your eyes, and be surprised that you have eyes to open.”
My mentor Joan shared this video this morning, and I watched it all the way through until the tears flowed. I recommend the same to each of you. It is a sublime meditation on gratitude, replete with gorgeous time-lapse photography, some of the most interesting and beautiful faces I’ve ever seen, and the gentle, liltinglyContinue reading ““Open your eyes, and be surprised that you have eyes to open.””
Power In Your Hands 