Tag: compassion

  • Remember – Insights For Women Healers

    Remember – Insights For Women Healers

    This is a powerful and touching story from Rachel Naomi Remen, taken from when she talked with a group of American women doctors about treating cancer patients. ” In the discussion after the talk, an internist commented that she would find this work difficult. She had avoided caring for people with cancer because a certain…

  • Haiku – the pulse of the heart

    Haiku – the pulse of the heart

    ~The pulse of the heartAnd connection to BeingKeeps the world turning~ There is a pulse that reverberates through us all. The heartbeat of love and connection. It may be harder to hear this eternal vibration these days. Yet it builds strength as we come together. Be open to what is unfolding and stay true to…

  • Understanding and Acceptance in Order to Move Forward

    Understanding and Acceptance in Order to Move Forward

    There is no doubt that we are in a time of turbulence and change. It isn’t an easy place to be, especially if you are following a spiritual path towards a New Earth or awakened humanity. When we live from the center of our being, our heart and soul, we work to bring more love,…

  • Forgive and Let Go

    Forgive and Let Go

    “The day a child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” – Alden Nowlan Much has been written about forgiveness – forgiving others for an offense or hurt in the past, and forgiving ourselves for…

  • People are our Teachers

    People are our Teachers

    “People are our teachers” is a quote that comes to mind, just when I need to pay attention to how I am interacting with someone else. When we get triggered it usually isn’t about the other person at all. They are not the enemy. They are the catalyst. Whatever they said or did has touched…

  • When the Tears Just Fall

    When the Tears Just Fall

    Today started as a welcome day with connection to dear friends at Chanticleer and then doing some trimming and nurturing in the garden. It’s also a day when things fell apart. My horoscope foretold that was a transformational time in my birth horoscope. I was waiting for something. Up until two hours ago, I felt…

  • Bring Peace to The World

    Bring Peace to The World

    I  believe that we can all contribute to world peace. It starts with being kind to ourselves, and finding peace within ourselves. Helping others is a good place to start, but the real work is for us to do, is for ourselves. We must find our Middle Ground and live from the center of our…

  • Enlightenment and Inner Division

    This wisdom from Adyashanti gave me pause for thought today. Adyashanti on Enlightenment and Inner Division “Most human beings spend their lives battling with opposing inner forces: what they think they should do versus what they are doing; how they feel about themselves versus how they are; whether they think they’re right and worthy or…

  • Don’t Diss the “Dis”

    Listen for what you need. How come when we feel discomfort we don’t give it comfort. When we have disease we don’t give ourselves ease. Its like what we “dis” we DISS”. Today, and every day day, be kind. Don’t diss the dis.      

  • Inspiration – Heart Like a River

      If you pour a handful of salt into a cup of water, the water becomes undrinkable. But if you pour the salt into a river, people can continue to draw the water to cook, wash, and drink. The river is immense, and it has the capacity to receive, embrace, and transform. When our hearts…

  • Loving Forgiveness

    The most powerful wisdom is always worth coming back to. Again and again. May we find our way to peace. 🙏 ooOoo Forgiveness is a powerful and empowering act, as it opens our hearts to ourselves and others. Finding a way to forgive is healing and freeing. This is a three part meditation on forgiveness that…

  • generosity

    Originally posted on dhamma footsteps: POSTCARD#315: Chiang Mai:  Click on ‘generosity’, then click on synonyms for that word, and you get loving-kindness, compassion, empathy, well-being, freedom. You find gratitude, grace, honor, motivation, encouragement. Generosity is everything. Its nature is to share, recycle, circulate; it can only be given, never taken. With generosity we can accept,…

  • Compassion and Connection – Just like me

    When you find yourself judging, blaming, criticizing, resenting, or being frustrated and annoyed with an other person … here are some phrases to bring to mind. “This person in front of me has a body and a mind… Just like me. This person in front of me has feelings, emotions and thoughts… Just like me.…

  • * True Love

    When we truly love someone, it isn’t because of  their looks, personality, how they behave, or their values. It isn’t about how they make us feel either… When we truly love someone, we love the Light within the person. Our soul, or divine essence, recognizes the soul or divine essence of the other. As enlightened…

  • * Inspiration – Feelings

    “Feelings are everywhere. Be gentle.” ~ J. Masai Remember to start with yourself and then work out from there ❤️

  • * Facing the unknown

    The unknown can be a scary place to face. Our mind creates scenarios and one thought feeds an other… into distortion and fortune telling of disaster. We feel anxious, out of control and extremely vulnerable. Yet, when we begin to experience the unknown, we start to believe we understand and feel more in control. “Yep – I…