Julia Cameron's task from The Artist's Way and Walking in This World has pulled me out of stuck-ness so many times. Many of us now might be feeling stuck, powerless, or (seemingly) bored. Here's what Julia says: Often we experience a sense of powerlessness because we do not see any direct action that we can…
This weekend's quest(ion) comes from the end of yesterday's post. First, remembering Rilke from Monday, the task is to get small, to connect with "the things we belong to" -- each stone, blossom, child. Then, inspired by Rachel Carson, sit with an issue -- in your family, community, city, country -- that has been weighing…
The themes this week have been learning through experience (sitting in the middle of a forest, arms wrapped around a tree, waiting to experience what comes), and observing with one's whole being, with the heart. Those led me, not surprisingly, to this weekend's "quest" -- Practice For 20 minutes, sit yourself somewhere in nature, or…
This week, Rumi's words inspired me to explore without planning what I might find. Gloria Fuertes and Rumi pointed toward different points of awareness than just our conscious mind: the body's "endless eye" and the "other eye" that we tune into when we "close both eyes." Fuertes reminds us that seeing with the body's eye…
Summary A theme this week has been stepping outside of safety and taking risks not only to fulfill our own inward promptings but to connect with others in a real way. We heard from Pema Chodron about the need to step outside of comfort to actually practice patience; from Sue Monk Kidd, the bravery of…
Simple and Forgotten Things 