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June 25th, 2011 A dear, dear, friend, who has walked my journey hand in hand with me, shared this with me today. I couldn’t summarize where I have finally arrived at any better than this:
Today’s quotation:
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ . . . → Read More: It IS Easy Being Me
June 24th, 2011 Today was a really great day. It started off with Breakfast With the Authors at the Hyannis Yacht Club. Just driving there I was elated with just being alive and living on Cape Cod. Elin Hilderbrand, author of my favorite beach reads, was one of the speakers. Hearing her journey was fun and inspiring. If . . . → Read More: Journey’s Ending
June 23rd, 2011 It surprised me when I heard my quote of the day on a toothpaste commercial.
“Life opens up when you do.”
Outside of the dental connotation, this quote really held some meaning for me this week. For months now, I have been working hard spiritually and emotionally looking inward, learning, growing, and changing profoundly. . . . → Read More: Life Opens Up When You Do
June 22nd, 2011 As much as yesterday was a pristine beach day, today was a beautiful rain day. I spent the afternoon upstairs painting closet doors in the girls room. The room, newly painted and decorated, lent an organized calm to my workspace. Both windows were open and a gentle rain was falling. The smell of mingled rain . . . → Read More: Beautiful Beach to Beautiful Rain
June 21st, 2011 Less than two weeks til the gang arrives for the fourth…and there’s still doors to paint in the girls room, a whole lotta stuff crammed in my room that has to disappear, the changing of my wardrobe for the season, the downstairs room to ready for guests, food to consider, and a general yard, garage, . . . → Read More: Beach Justification
June 20th, 2011 Recently a friend of mine wrote a blog entitled “Patience Vs Perseverance”. In it she said she couldn’t ever remember a time in her life when she just sat and waited for something to happen. She’s always been one to “go out and make her own luck”, as the saying goes. Well, after I read . . . → Read More: Perseverance IS Patience
June 19th, 2011 Hope all the dad’s and their kids had the same wonderful day we did!
And so, though it’s short but sweet, I have written
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June 17th, 2011 I spend a lot of my days walking the Cape Cod shoreline. Everyday the water’s surface is decidedly different. Some days the water is gray-blue with barely a wave – just small ripples. Other days the water is dark green riddled with whitecaps and large pounding waves. In a reading today, by Mark Nepo, it . . . → Read More: The Bottom of the Sea
June 16th, 2011 “peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. it means to be in the midst of those things AND STILL BE CALM IN YOUR HEART. “ ~ unknown
That was a quote I used to keep prominently displayed on top of my computer in . . . → Read More: Road to Peace
June 15th, 2011 Compassion can easily go two ways. You can completely open yourself up to others, take on their anxieties and pain and lose yourself in the process. Or, you can stay closed up and cut them off to preserve your sense of self. I have been to both schools. Through the course of this education, I . . . → Read More: Inhale/Exhale
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