It feels like we are all living in cycles right now. For a long time, we do okay, we hold it together, keep calm, carry on. Then some little thing sets us off - maybe a birthday that we miss, or something at work that would have been avoided in simpler times. Maybe the weather. …
Tag: Listening
Letting Go of Expectations
This morning, I selected a guided meditation on gratitude from the meditation app that I use. I wasn’t looking for a gratitude meditation, I was looking for a Bodhisattva meditation but this was the closest I could find. At first, I was put off by the style of the recording. It felt overproduced, with that …
Seeing Beyond the Wall
As I was walking through the park the other day, I passed a little girl who was clearly very upset about something. She followed her mother, arms and legs extended straight, her hands balled into fists, face screwed up. “I don’t want to!” she wailed angrily, “I don’t want to!” I had to laugh. All …