Meditation

Thought pieces, prayers, and meditations.

focus – a meditation

  Climb mountains, not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world. The other day, a friend was being very critical and judgmental of me and disregarding my boundaries. At this moment, I was able to realize, rationally, that my friend’s opinion is not in my hula hoop. I was…

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becoming real – a meditation

    “What is REAL?” asked the Rabbit one day … “Does it mean having things that buzz inside you and a stick-out handle?” “Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play…

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roll away the stone – a meditation

  In the tomb of the soul, we carry secret yearnings, pains, frustrations, loneliness, fears, regrets, worries. In the tomb of the soul, we take refuge from the world and its heaviness. In the tomb of the soul, we wrap ourselves in the security of darkness. Sometimes this is a comfort, sometimes it is an escape….

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attitudes – a meditation

  The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves but in our attitude towards them. Antoin de Saint-Exupery Before recovery, I used to go through my days judging things as “good” or “bad”. For example, if I fell ill, I saw that as “bad.” When I was recognized and rewarded for a job…

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self focus– a meditation

  We need to learn to live, to focus on something good or useful to our lives and let the rest of the world go about its business. How Can I Help My Children? Today, I flipped open a book and saw this quote. I think it was a Higher Power moment. I was feeling…

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