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Why Find Your Middle Ground, The Center of Your Being?
Finding Your Middle Ground is an invitation to get to know all the facets of yourself… Your thoughts, beliefs, values, and what’s most important. You discover your gifts and the shadows, and learn to let go of judging. You accept and appreciate what makes your life unique as well as challenging. This is the gateway…
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Pivotal Moments
A fully lived life is filled with pivotal moments. We humans like to think of the uplifting ones like experiencing a wonder of nature, falling in love, births, getting that job, promotion and special celebrations. It makes us feel good. But living life fully is about living the whole of life. Embracing the highs and…
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🌲 December Community News 🌲
I am writing this post from Scotland. It has been a busy year going back and from between Pennsylvania and East Lothian. We are in the final clearing out of my Mum’s house before renovations start in January. No matter what has been going on with you, I know that this can be a challenging…
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Resilience
“Resilience” – We all want it. We are told we need it. If we don’t have it we will get hurt. But what exactly is it? And what can we do to prepare ourselves for more upheavals in the years ahead?
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Transformation Begins
So many endings pass andbeginnings take their ownsweet and sour time.Several moments, but nonereally pivotal. Other than death. The real fait accompli.Other losses drag on.Grinding away like thesearthritic jointsirritating like dry crustyskin patches, or fadinglike the memories of what life once held.The passing of the years takes it toll.The before has to be faced so…
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Purpose of Life
“Your life has an inner purpose and an outer purpose. Inner purpose concerns Being and is primary. Outer purpose concerns Doing and it is secondary. Your inner purpose is to awaken. It is as simple as that. You share that purpose with every other person on the planet – because it is the purpose of…
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Early Spring at Kripalu
I am at Kripalu on retreat. It’s about 300 miles north of where I live, (and Chanticleer Gardens), and Spring is only just beginning. We had snow last night and I am enjoying the melting today under blue skies. ~ Ground begins to meltEarly signs of Spring ariseHope opens the heart ~ The trees and…
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Life Isn’t Personal
The universe continues to unfold in each moment. Let it. Ask yourself What am I trying to control? What am I resisting? See what comes up. Take time to pause Listen to the inner wisdom. Trust it. Mistakes and challenges are fuel for growth. Learn from them. Embrace whatever happens Nothing has gone wrong. Be…
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Haiku – Find Your Middle Ground
Nothing is complete Yet thinking needs it just so. Give your self a break So much pressure still To reach, improve and find “it”. Let the grasping go Inner voice beckons Listen to the wisdom there. Find your Middle Ground ~ Val Boyko Find Your Middle Ground is about finding your center of being and…
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Tao Inspiration – The Path to Serenity
Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill.Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. Do your work, then step back.The only path to serenity. ~ Mitchell, Stephen. Tao Te Ching (Perennial Classics) .…
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🍎Val’s September Community News🍎
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community! As we move into September, here in the Northern Hemisphere, we feel the changes of Late Summer. Its a time for ripening and softening in nature .. yet also a time for getting back into…
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The Secret Saving Grace
The secret isn’t hidden,esoteric, or opaque.Right here, in all myincompletion; right now,with self doubts nippingat my shins like crazedchihuahuas, I can drawa breath and let love in.The simple act of breathingchanges everything.I shift from closedto open the momentI let breath connectme with my quiet depths.The fact that love isfreely available,just waiting to flow in, is…
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🕊 December Community News🕊
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community! As we move into Winter here in the northern hemisphere, this year, more than ever, I wish for peace in all our hearts. Let us come together to cultivate our own inner peace and raise…
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A Toast to What Is
My thanks go out to Ali Grimshaw and her writing circle last weekend. What a wonderful time spent allowing our authentic voice to speak. Here is one of my offerings. Take a moment and noticewhat’s in front of you right now.The grounded way of it’s simple beingand the wonder of how it got here.So many…
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Inspiration – Losing and Finding
“Every now and then, life causes you to lose your phone, lose your job, lose your relationship, the things you think are important, so you can see that you have a full life independent of them. There are many things you feel are so essential, but without them, you find you still have your Self,…
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Who is it that’s unhappy? The one who finds fault
Here is a rich re-post from John Welwood’s book “Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships”. It has been pivotal in my personal growth and understanding of relationships and love. “The most destructive element in human relationships is the urge to make other people bad or wrong, and then judge, reject, or punish them, for that.” ~ John…
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