Find Your Middle Ground

Category: Inner Wisdom

  • What is Beyond Struggle?

    ~ Step out of the past Let go of struggle stories Find truth in the now ~   I feel a real connection to others who are struggling right now … and who have struggled in the past. Have you noticed what that feels like? A shared struggle feels oh so familiar… and somehow comforting.…

  • Pain as Your Teacher

    “Pain is your best friend. It is infinitely more honest with you than pleasure. Despite what you might think, the painful experiences you have had benefit you far more than the pleasurable ones, even though most of us spend our lives trying to duck and hide from them. But when you can center yourself and…

  • Haiku – pre dawn softening

    ~ Pre dawn mist and calm Softens my heart for the day Find your Middle Ground ~ There can be a special sense of buoyancy and gentle aliveness as we wake up in the morning. Let it be an invitation to awaken to the unfolding of the day. Opening our hearts into the unknown. Without…

  • Stepping Back into the World – Gently

    Dear Readers and Friends, I hope you are well and finding balance in these challenging times. The past few months have been interesting, to say the least … and they seem to be continuing! I am at a loss for words with what I see and hear around me. At the beginning of the pandemic,…

  • The Lost Sheep and the Shepherd

    “Loneliness is not the absence of company, it is grief over that absence. The lost sheep is lonely; the shepherd is not lonely.” ~ William Deresiewicz When we feel lonely, we grieve the absence of company, yet overlook our own. Perhaps we haven’t learned to like or appreciate our own company… Many of us have…

  • Inspiration – Let it Go

    This poem from Danna Faulds really resonated with me this week. Her work is such an inspiration. Let go of the ways you thought life would unfold: the holding of plans or dreams or expectations – Let it all go. Save your strength to swim with the tide. The choice to fight what is here…

  • Find our Ground of Bein

    May this Danna Fauld’s poem fill you with strength and inspiration. “We come from stronger stuff than feelings” 💛 Bonneville Salt Flats Remember This Vast and changeless the ground of being is not rocked by ripples on the pond. The firmament from which we spring, the divinity at the heart of things doesn’t wax or…

  • Life Isn’t Personal

    The universe continues to unfold in each moment Let it You don’t have to control or hold on to anything Just take time to pause and listen to your inner wisdom Trust it’s soft voice Mistakes and challenges have helped you grow into who you are today Embrace whatever happens, knowing that you will continue…

  • Val’s Word for 2020

    I wasn’t planning on choosing a word for this year, but one has been showing up in my thoughts and dreams. As always, it is what is behind and beyond the word itself that makes it impactful – how we bring the word into our lives. Let me explain a little more. In December I…

  • Haiku – change

    ~ Time hurtling forward Pressure to bring about change. Only in our minds. ~ Follow Nature’s way Take time for restoration. Find your Middle Ground ~   Winter is the season for nurturing, reflection and preparation before the upsurge of energy in Spring. Change is inevitable, yet we don’t need to subscribe to or purchase…

  • A Question for the Future

    This time of year can bring many questions and refections. Here is question to ponder. Enjoy this Middle Ground pause. oooOooo At this time of year it’s natural to reflect back and then look forward to what the New Year might bring.  Some of us set game plans and goals to accomplish… Others have intentions…

  • Call of Loneliness

    These words made me pause and touched me deeply. “Inside our loneliness is a longing to be released from the pain of separation and the confusion it entails. We’ve all been taught that there is something wrong or even dangerous about being lonely. But such an assumption is based on a misunderstanding of what loneliness…

  • Dealing with Ego on a Spiritual Path

    When we are on a spiritual path, the idea of ego becomes something to overcome and get past. It feels contrary to how we want to be in the world. Its the part of ourselves that we would rather hide or deny rather than show. So we battle with it or suppress it…. or disguise…

  • Choose a Different Future

    Don’t Let It Die An Orphan by John Mundahl * Follow others Until you’re tired of their exhaust, Then strike out on your own. Become friends with your playful self again, That part of you The world snatched away When you weren’t looking. Choose a different future, Not the one that looms As some grim…

  • Ego in Yoga

    This is a re-post  especially for those on the spiritual path of yoga. “Ego can take many different forms and shapes. It is like the hydra. You cut off one head and another head replaces it. You cut off that head and see a third head and a fourth head ad infinitum. This is because…

  • Let the New Unfold

        Let The New Unfold, Have No Preconceived Ideas About It “Let the new unfold, have no preconceived ideas about it. No one person or one
 group of people have the whole picture of the new. It is a vast jigsaw puzzle
, which will gradually be formed as each individual contributes his individual part…