11. Day 17: Why Is Working HARD Always A Success Principle?
I will let you in on a little secret. You simply can’t hang out with the idea of success, even if fear is present, without kind of wanting to experience some version of success. This may explain why I uncharacteristically set a timer for one hour and told myself “you can clean the drawers under the washer and drier for one hour; just go for it!” Because I am really noticing exactly what spurs me on to success or what holds me back this month I have become aware of something again and again. One of the things that holds me back is what I might call fearing it all might be...
Read More8. Day 29: How Can I Be Ordinary In This Moment?
I wrote a few days ago about the luxury of ordinary. This message of ordinary keeps blessing us daily. There is something very powerful in asking the question: “How can I be ordinary in this moment?” It immediately frees you from figuring out how to be the best, or the fastest or thriftiest. It allows you to connect to being more that accomplishing. This is quite a feat when you have traveled ten thousand miles to a destination and then have the audacity to be ordinary. I think it is our way of listening to our hearts. It is what I most wanted from our trip, to practice,...
Read More8. Day 17: There’s No Place Like Home
I had a very unsettling experience yesterday. After a wonderful last lunch with our reunion friends at the Victory Services Club we headed out across Hyde Park for a brisk walk in the fresh air and drizzle. Though we were still a bit weary from our big evening the night before the walk felt good. We passed Speakers Corner where several “speakers” were gathered to discuss taxes, how objects can own us, and singing hymns to Jesus. We walked along the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Walk through stretched acres of green, damp grass, along the Serpentine and past the building...
Read More8. Day 7: A Deep Clear Inbreath of God
I am trying not to see my earache as a metaphor of my unwillingness not to hear the truth re Not-Knowing, but it is almost impossible not to. What is new for me is to “stay with” my earache in tenderness, welcome and care rather than “What the heck can I do to get rid of this??!!” I will bet that my earache will last as long as it lasts regardless and I have before me the continual choice to delight in this or suffer in this. Honestly (and when I say that I mean it deeply having spent a month co-habitating with honesty without a license) I would really rather...
Read More7. Day 21: Honesty & Silence Can Work Together
The thing about honesty that was always a stumbling block was that I always thought honesty had to tell or say out loud it’s truth for it to be counted as honesty. You would think this would have been a blessing to someone who is so keen on talking and conversation but it felt just the opposite. I am discovering that honesty can be completely expressed by silence, quiet and the word not spoken. I got to experience this recently in a completely delightful way. (I have noticed, btw, that the more I face, accept, am willing to look at my fears that Holy Spirit can teach me things via...
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