9. Day 3: Joy Is Ordinary, Ordinary Is Joy
I have a feeling that joy is quite connected to the ordinary. Can you tell me/show me what is meant by being ordinary? HS: Dearest One, the practice of ordinary is the practice of noticing, allowing and being what is true about you all the time. Ordinary is what is always true, no exceptions. Ordinary is the rock upon which you build your life. Ordinary is what the universe is. Ordinary is what IS. You long sought extraordinary as a way to tell yourself you are better what what is. It is a fool’s game which leaves players exhausted, lost, traumatized and forgetful. Extraordinary is...
Read More9. Day 2: Joy Sings
This new month of extending love that I may experience joy is unfolding already with the unexpected. We are staying this week with a dear friend in Norwich who drove us all home from a meeting in London yesterday (2 1/2 hours on the M5). It was a grand and long day that was not yet finished when we finally arrived in Norwich. We went directly to choir practice. I haven’t sung in a choir since I was in middle school. This was a non professional choir rehearsing for a charity event coming up in a couple of weeks for Red Balloon Learner Center (a marvelous group who offer specialized...
Read More9. Day 1: A Month Of Living Joy
After a number of epic traveling days which included a rugby match at Twickenham, an advent feast in the Cotswolds with old army friends and a day of networking with the fantastic team at BNI UK headquarters I needed to hear the Holy Spirit on a deep level. Me: What do I need to know right now in my travels? HS: Dearest One, Welcome to your day and living joy. Traveling is a bountiful way to experience yourself unconditionally in all conditions. You will be in many experiences which will bring up much forgotten within you, this not-knowing that arises may take you by surprise but you may...
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 28: Hedgerow Meditation
We had the greatest exercise in extending love to Not-Knowing yesterday. We drove (and drove and drove) on ever narrowing country roads. It was like driving in a giant labyrinth. The hedgerows were close to both sides of the car and just high enough you couldn’t really see over. We could see the sky, the road, the hedgerows, each other and that was about it. Unless you count the cat scurrying for a presumed field mouse and the flock of pheasants that disappeared into the hedge at a crossroads. Did we really need to know more? Even though it seemed impossible at each crossroad...
Read More8. Day 27: Happy Thanks-being
Giving thanks is a bit of a misnomer. We are not giving thanks in exchange for our circumstances. What we truly want is to BE thankfulness, to be giving, to be welcome and comfort and peace. Giving thanks is for beginners, and it is a wonderful place to begin. It is easy to give thanks for all you love; for family, home and work, for country, freedom and safety. How do you give thanks for what you don’t love; the pain, the loneliness, the guilt? So what is different, deeper about being thanks? Just as Not-Knowing is a quality of Love, so being thanks is extending a quality of...
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