This is a love letter to everyone who has helped contribute in some way to my being able to go on a week-long meditation retreat at Karme Choling next week. I don't just mean the people who donated to my online effort to raise the funds...
I have had many people come in talking about ego lately. It got me thinking. All problems arise from the sense of limited fearful separation -- what we call 'ego.' I started contemplating this daily on my morning walks. I examined my fearful...
Unhappiness and gratitude simply cannot exist in the same moment. If you feel grateful, you are a happy person. If you feel grateful for what is possible for you in this moment, no matter what your challenges are, if you feel grateful that you are...
Gratitude is a way of connecting to the world and those in it. It turns your mind toward what's going right in your life.
I am grateful for:
A warm house
Neighbors who help each other out
Music
Incongruities
Gratitude is a way of connecting to the world and those in it. It turns your mind toward what's going right in your life.
I am grateful for:
A warm house
A spouse who cooks
Knowing that everything changes.
People who keep showing up.
Every year, I attend the last church service of the year. At the end of December, the minister asks us to write down all the things we want for the coming year. We then draft a letter to ourselves that we will receive a year later (sent back to us...
Sunday evening is the weekend's last hurrah, the time when weekday workers begin to look at the week ahead. It's a perfect time to look at not only what challenges we face but what we bring with us, what we are grateful for. Take a deep breath and...
I feel a general sense of excitement and promise for our days in 2013. Mindful community is growing and connecting with one another other. Just thinking about that warms my heart and brings a smile to my face and yes, a bit watery in the eyes. I am...
Today I am grateful for:
-- This precious human birth
-- The bodhisattva activists who don't shy away from looking at the world's pain
-- Compassionate space and all those who hold it.
-- Rituals -- like Champagne and celebrations.
-- Always...
Today I am grateful for:
-- Unscheduled time
-- Friends -- and lunch yesterday with one who sparks so much insight and joy in me
-- Life on life's terms.
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Today I am grateful for:
-- My brother, whose birthday is today
-- My son, who goes back to his own home today. yikes!
-- new (to me) music.
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This is a...
Daily Sit invites you to practice meditation with a live online community. Inspired by "Sitting Project," a daily meditation piece, Kim Brown and I thought it would be supportive to the community to offer an online interactive presence for...
Today I am grateful for:
-- Deep thinkers, who frame my thoughts so much more eloquenty than I can
-- the two meditation students who came to class last night despite the snow -- and the warm, settled, centered energy we shared
-- my sweet spouse,...
These two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful and thankful for a kindness done." Anguttara Nikaya
Today I am grateful for:
-- time together
-- awareness of what arises
-- holiday lights, including stars and planets
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This is a community space where you...
Today I am grateful for:
-- the world turning
-- being together
-- JRR Tolkein
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This is a community space where you can list whatever you're grateful for.
Today I am grateful for:
-- the plastic thing I wear at night that keeps me from grinding my teeth
-- glasses that make it possible to see beyond my nose
-- a new beginning in each moment
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Today I am grateful for:
-- health care savings account
-- family
-- children and spouse who cook
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This is a community space where you can list whatever...
Today I am grateful for:
-- airlines connections that happen
-- holiday parties (and the people who plan them)
-- running into friends
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This is a community...
Today I am grateful for:
-- This incredible collection of photos of President Obama, his colleagues, and family. Policies aside, what a human! and what great photos.
-- a day to wrap and send presents, do errands, etc
-- banter. and silence.
Today I am grateful for:
-- almonds
-- raspberry tights
-- the possibility that as part of our response to deadly shootings at schools, malls, and workplaces, we'll consider gender roles and how we socialize males to see violence as appropriate....
