Month: December 2012

peace – a meditation

        If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present. – Lao Tzu       I am struggling right now with living in the future. The health of someone…

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a bird sings – a meditation

    “A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” – Maya Angelou   I am reminded that I don’t always have to have an answer for the questions in my life. There are times when I must just sit with my questions, awaiting the knowledge…

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so may we – a meditation

  … so may we when life turns hard find in love our stay and guard. … so may we this happy morn honor every child that’s born. … so may we our gifts bestow, whether we be high or low. … So may we, with heart that sings, share the truth this season brings….

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Listen – a meditation

    If it is language that makes us human, one half of language is to listen.     In this program, I have learned to listen. In most meetings, I cannot interrupt, comment, or respond immediately or directly to another person’s share. I can only sit and listen. I can only take in what…

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Acceptance – Pilot episode 3

Kelli leads a discussion with Swetha and Spencer about acceptance. Kelli opened with a reading that begins “It is said that pain is inevitable but suffering is optional …” She speaks of her previous belief that accepting something meant thinking that it was right. She has grown into an attitude of patience, acceptance, and tolerance…

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