For a long time, I’ve been feeling increasingly drawn to the idea of writing, and I’ve started to write more and more through journaling, attending a monthly writing group and of course this blog. Lately, I also experience a lot of spontaneous acts of writing, when paragraphs, phrases and sometimes entire pieces seem to write themselves in my mind. It can happen anytime. I could be in the shower or driving down the highway. It’s even happened when I’m sleeping. Last year I began working on a non-fiction book, but I was quickly stymied by my feeling that I wasn’t [...] Read more...
Quote: Alice Walker
“If my mind is crowded with ideas or thoughts or plans or other people’s creations there is less room for my own. And it is my own mind and journey that I wish to experience, because it is from this vantage point that I can most truly engage others. Alice Walker We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness Read more...
What Does Spirituality Look like?
Today I was inspired by the latest post, entitled “Be the Real Spiritual You”, at Lola Fayemi’s blog Nourishment for your Spiritual Awakening. (Thanks Lola). I consider myself to be a spiritual student/seeker/being. More importantly I consider myself to be a “conscious” spiritual student, meaning that I now understand it to be the very foundation of WHO I am. I choose to focus energy on nurturing and developing in this area. It’s so clear to me that my ability to be happy, loving, productive and functional correlates directly with the amount of energy I put into my spiritual health. That [...] Read more...
Quote: Paulo Coelho
“…suffering occurs when we want other people to love us in the way we imagine we want to be loved and not in the way that love should manifest itself, free and untrammeled, guiding us with its force and driving us on. Paulo Coelho The Zahir    Read more...
