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Living With Grace
My TRIFECTA
For years now, I have been making my decisions using a formula designed to help me reach the very best conclusion. For most, even after we’ve committed to a decision, we continue to spend time, wondering, questioning whether we were right or wrong, worrying about having made a mistake, and guessing what might have happened […]
Tagged fear, decision, love
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ONE Mixing Bowl
I own ONE mixing bowl. We go way back, more than 35 years. I think I have used it almost every day of my life since it first arrived. It’s simple, a medium size according to the cookbooks, and it is glass (my mother used to say, “good food cannot be made in a plastic […]
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The SACRED in Simple
Not everyone lives loud, not everyone lives large, not everyone lives long. For some, it’s not about how bright the light shines on them, it’s about casting their own light on others. It’s about simplicity, about living an authentic life, where all those you encounter are left with an indelible mark; the mark of […]
OPEN all hours
Do you have an open mind? Are you open to the ideas being presented, to the opinions being offered, to something new? Is your mind willing to stretch a little, to take in something very different and perhaps a little frightening, something other that what you’re used to thinking? Can you dig a little deeper, […]
Tagged vision, eyes, possibility, open, heart
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BACKward is the new FORWARD
Earlier this year, I spent a few months in southern Portugal, learning about a different way of life, and taking in some new experiences. While there, I met a few Canadians and Brits now calling Portugal home and I asked them how they might describe their new country. Among the praise for sand and surf, […]
Working is NOT WORKING
I am approaching an age where many of the conversations surrounding me are about growing older, about retirement and about dying. Most seem to be centred around working; how busy people are and how much more work is yet to be done, how they still have years to work, how much they look forward to […]
The COMFORT in Discomfort
There is something to be said for comfort, for knowing what to expect, for things going as planned, and walking a well travelled road. It’s attached to a sense that all is right with the world. There’s an ease and a trust that comes with ‘knowing’ what’s ahead, in front of us, around the next […]
Tagged fear, change, new, discomfort, comfort, alive, awake, aware
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NOTHING need change
The last day. A time for many to reflect and to measure; our progress, our accomplishments, our disappointments. We add up the successes and failures, review how many goals were met, determine if it was indeed a good year. We look ahead, thoughts turn to a fresh page, the creation of a new ‘to do’ […]
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That which LASTS
In August, my mother died. Just uttering those words can cause me to catch my breath. I can hardly believe that I won’t see her sweet face again, won’t hear that wonderful laugh, won’t share another cup of tea or enjoy another conversation. But believe it I do and while my grief has at times […]
It takes a CHILD….to raise a village
Many of us are familiar with the traditional African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child”. We acknowledge that it cannot be done alone or in isolation, it takes many to provide an open and inclusive, well rounded and well grounded, balanced approach to raising them UP. Well, for the past five months, […]
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Tagged growing, expanding, learning, teaching, raising children, wisdom, children, gratitude
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