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Today’s world has become a service economy, our livelihoods dependent on how well we perform. Customer satisfaction demanding excellence, responsiveness. Attuned to fulfilling the needs of our customers. Service plans designed to deal with the unforeseen.
Service interruption. Memorial service.
An inner voice urgently whispers, there’s a shortness of breath. Compulsory and voluntary. Compelling, calling us to serve others. Armed forces serving the flag, emergency workers putting out a fire, an outstretched arm lifting a stranger. Wanting to share ourselves…..
With the onset of another year, it’s time to take stock of our lives. Things we want to keep doing, things we want to change. Work measured by goals achieved, family and friends by strength of relationship, community through involvement, leisure from enjoyment, spirituality emanating from a personal connection.
We’re all given one year with a daily currency. So much to do and only so much time, an acrobatic act. So let’s spend this time with firmness of resolve. Voices…..
You are cordially invited to join me in a shared writing adventure. A virtual writers group. Taking a few ideas from flash fiction, we’ll have an evocative prompt, 3 required words and a “limit” of 100 words. No other rules. “Belonging” was written this way. The other writers surprised me in their own way.
So this “want ad” seeks interested souls. No experience necessary. You can share what you write. Or not. Monthly to start. Maybe getting together in Harrisburg…..
It’s that time of the year when gift giving bubbles to the top of our to do list. Gifts for family and friends, co-workers and charities. What to give, how much to spend, making sure to not miss anyone. Thinking if you know someone, you should know what they want. A noble quest, the holy grail being the “perfect gift.”
So what do I want? I’ll exchange the material for the ethereal. I want to write what is most important. …..
A spiritual search is an unending balancing act. Different ideas challenge our beliefs, providing us with new perspectives. And as we make our way, we seek out others who accept us for who we are, who ask only that we accept them too. Finding our tribe.
Belonging is defined as “a close or intimate relationship (a sense of belonging).” Friends, loved ones and mentors who provide spiritual companionship, a safe haven. Confidants. Finishing someone’s sentence, sharing a tender moment, filling…..
One of the two magical words, thanks fits the better part of my personality. It’s a casual word that dispenses with formality and conveys a sense of humility. In the modern world of communications, it has replaced sincerely as a closing salutation. It’s a quick means of agreement or acknowledgement in an e-mail reply. End of conversation.
At this time of year, we are asked to give thanks. To be sincere, to slow down, to be present. From the mundane…..
A drought is defined as “a prolonged or chronic shortage or lack of something expected or desired.” The World Series featured the Houston Astros emerging in victory, Houston Strong from the flood, with the LA Dodgers, scorched from wild fires, coming up short again. One drought ending, another extending.
There’s a lot of bravado about winning these days, anything else seen as losing. A zero sum game. Willing to sacrifice dignity and integrity, winners lavished in prosperity, losers…..
In a Star Wars kind of moment, astronomers captured the flash of neutron stars colliding 130 million light-years ago in a distant galaxy. Gamma ray telescopes witnessed lethal bursts and gravity wave detectors recorded ripples in the fabric of space, creating a treasure trove of data. Knowledge expanded, theories confirmed, mysteries explained.
It seems that neutron stars, the collapsed cores of stars, have unimaginable density. Their death spiral ends with an amazing light show, spewing gold, platinum and uranium amidst the fallout. Creative destruction opening a…..
The public journey to share my story began in a yoga studio, and has meandered through holistic conferences, writers groups and bookstores. Returning from my third Spirit of Oneness conference, I am struck by the variety of healers and seekers, individuals congregating in one uncomfortably warm arena. All of us challenged to find our own path while acknowledging that there are many paths to enlightenment.
Tolerance is defined as the “capacity to endure hardship” and also as “sympathy or indulgence for…..
I’m home from my weekend 60th birthday reunion. Our group, unofficial in every sense of the word, was born from the single idea that anyone could join. We had a fraternity-like name, played sports, got in and out of trouble, said whatever came to mind and mostly had lots of fun.
So what I take away from this weekend is the amazing laughter, side splitting, tears streaming, face hurting and soul cleansing. Remembering funny stories, embarrassing stories, serious stories. And in the process, creating…..
