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Come To The Woods, For Here Is Rest
To Fight the Winter Blues, Try a Dose of Nature by Florence Williams (excerpts): Wintertime is rough on those whom the 19th-century hiker-philosopher John Muir called “tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people.” But we have an obvious cure for our doldrums: go … Continue reading
Less Comparing, More Loving
One sure-fire way of making things harder than they are: comparing myself to others. It’s been said over and over again by uncountable writers of happy-life-advice, and I tend to shrug my shoulders and say, “well, that’s part of being human, … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, belonging, change, compare, comparison, compassion, failure, feelings, forgiveness, God, good news, judgment, kindness, Lent, love, needs, receive, repentance, safety
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What Brings Your Love Alive?
As so often, I am once again quoting from a wonderful blog called “Richer By Far” – from a post called, “When You Don’t Need Spiritual Disciplines”: The master was asked, ‘What is spirituality?’ He said, ‘Spirituality is that which succeeds in bringing … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony de Mello, art, belief, change, Christian, church, creativity, Dallas Willard, discernment, discipline, empathy, expectations, expression, faith, feelings, God, John Ortberg, love, music, nature, needs, painting, people, prayer, process, progress, relationship, spiritual, spirituality, trust, writing
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What About Me?
If I want my life to be different – and I do – then I need to change the way I make decisions. That’s according to my most recent brainwave. The decisions we’re talking about here are those that concern … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, belonging, blame, boundaries, change, clarity, co-dependency, decision, decision-making, distance, experience, family, father, forgiveness, fragile, freedom, fullness of life, God, healing, justice, love, mother, needs, obedience, parents, peace, self-denial, silence, strength, support, truth, unconditional, understanding
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