Hold Close to Your Essential Self
Hold close to your essential self. Get to know it, the way you get to know everything in the world about someone you’re in love with…
Hope
New Poem: Being the Mother of Adult Children
I think now what I would want my kids to do in my situation, and then go and try to earnestly do that myself. It is so much better for everyone than me thinking what I would have them do if I was them.
My Invocation at our 9/11 Anniversary Service
Today I am giving the invocation for our 9/11 fifteenth anniversary memorial service sponsored by our local clergy association. This is what I am going to say:
Common Good Soup Kitchen
I thought this was a great idea of a way to finance a soup kitchen! They make popovers and oatmeal for tourists and residents in the mornings in the summer and finance free food for the less fortunate through the cold months of the year.
Our Politics Need Truth and Love
Given our current political climate of what appears to be separate, multiple truths, I have found it helpful to focus on one God bringing us together.
John Lennon Quote: Fear or Love?
All hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life.
Book Review: Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think
Here is a vision of the future where everyone can win. You might be as glad as I was to read about that right now. Let’s actively be part of the solution, instead of discounting about our possible demise.
Happy Independence Day!
May we all celebrate with hope for a nation we can all be proud of, with one Mind, one heart, dwelling in unity and love.
It’s Not Too Late to Achieve Your Dream
Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. Never tell yourself you missed your chance. Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough.
6,000 Tweets
I have now done 6,000 tweets on Twitter in seven years. You can see my current Twitter feed
Jim Palmer Quote with Boscobel View
These are such simple intentions to carry throughout your day, but their impact is incalculable.
Flylady
What we need are better habits and routines, as well as a plan of attack on our surplus of stuff.
Our Son Graduates from Swarthmore with High Honors
We have had a wonderful weekend at our son’s graduation from Swarthmore College. He earned a double degree in Engineering and Political Science, and was awarded high honors as well! We are very proud of what he has accomplished and are grateful he has had such a fantastic college experience.
Multicultural Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is universal wisdom that we all could apply more seriously for our mutual benefit.
Thoughts on Body Image
I am realizing that I am not a thin mortal or a fat mortal, because I am not a mortal at all, but an eternal, spiritual idea of the one God that is infinite, ever-present, all-powerful, and good.
Earth Day Quote with Flowers
I know that there is something much stronger, much more unfathomable, than us, the humans. So do not despair.
The Mundane is Amazing
What we need from great writing, most urgently, is an understanding that the mundane itself—snails, fireplaces, shrubs, pebbles, socks…