8. Day 2: The Little House In The Woods
Let’s get comfortable for a moment with not-knowing something. Think of something you don’t know (how a TV works or what is that fuzzy bit of lump in the bottom of your handbag or if your work is really satisfying) and just notice how you feel. Do you want to ferret around in your bag and get that thing OUT? Do you want to Google ‘TV’ and see if they can explain how the color dots fly through the air and into your set? Is you mind now wondering why you ever decided owning a business was a good idea? Or can you just be quiet and welcome not-knowing? Let’s do...
Read More8. Day 1: Not-Knowing Feels Vulnerable
After an epic month of honesty it is time for quiet of a different flavor. Now it is time to open up to a new month’s focus of extending love. What is coming to me is extending love to not-knowing. There are so many things (to infinity really) I don’t know. I strive, struggle, hope for, wheedle, beg, demand, need …….TO KNOW. I have always wanted to know ‘why’ and ‘how’ and ‘who’; I want to know what’s next, what’s for dinner and why does my toe itch? I am constantly in a state of negotiation with Knowing trying to...
Read More7. Day 31: Love Loves Tricks AND Treats!
What a fabulous day to conclude my month of extending love to honesty! All Hallow’s Eve. I feel both hallowed by gratitude and hollowed out like a pumpkin after getting up close and personal with honesty. I kind of hate to admit it hasn’t been as scary as I thought it would be to be honest and to welcome honesty in others. Before, I was like a kid who’d run up to the door and ring the bell but was too scared to see who answered the door. I never stayed around long enough to get my candy treasure. Honesty always answers the door. It can say yes or no or thank you....
Read More7. Day 30: Judgment Can Come Too
I had a docent training yesterday that left my head spinning. It went so long I was in traffic I normally miss so got the opportunity to sit quietly with my thoughts on the drive home. My thoughts were like a group of 5th graders after indulging in the Halloween treats offered at the class party; rowdy, tired, hyped up on sugar and had no way to expend the energy. Because I am extending honesty this month I tried extending honesty to the moment. I was tired, bewildered, hungry, confused, yet strangely empowered. None of this made sense. I am an art docent at the Crocker Art Museum and...
Read More7. Day 29: Is Your Gratitude Honest?
How does honesty jibe with gratitude? I have always been a very grateful person. I notice and give thanks for all I have; family, home, businesses, Love, friends, freedom etc. But I have not always extended gratitude for pain, or discomfort or apparent lack. I certainly have not extended gratitude for the pain or terror or loss experienced by those I love. So how do honesty and gratitude work together? Honesty includes all in gratitude. Gratitude is always honest. In other words, I do not have to choose or figure out or (God forbid) strain to think of something to be grateful for. I...
Read More7. Day 28: How Can I Include Myself (Right Now)?
I asked Holy Spirit how I can include even the fearful parts of ourselves in the wedding preparations. No matter how surrounded from within and without by love I am, thoughts of fear or discord or annoyance come up in an attempt to steal the moment from joy. Me: How best can I include all parts of myself in preparations for the wedding and allow for calm, delight and focused energy? HS: You set the tone of your doing with your BEING and your intention of being. Dear One, this is a marvelous unconditional practice ground to join in the delight and planning of an event (any event). Ask...
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