The friend who can be silent... who can tolerate not-knowing, not-curing, not-healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness makes it clear that whatever happens in the external world, being present to each other is what really matters.
Henri J.M. Nouwen
Emotion connects us, and emotion grows us. Friday night I completed the third of three seminars on personal growth and I have been filled with emotion. I have felt so connected to all of you who attended the talks. And I have grown. In doing the talks I have been stirred with all kinds of emotions. I...
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from life's challenges without hardening against the world, other people, amd our true selves. At the heart of resilience is the ability to be present with the body. We need to be in the body carefully enough and long enough to answer its' question: "Am I...
Wow, isn't life sending us messages all the time! The blog I wrote yesterday about having a (snotty) cold has vanished into whoknowswhere. (I am sorry Karen, but your beautiful comment also disappeared with the blog...) I guess I wanted to be able to keep you posted and let you know that my day of rest...
I am thinking about snot. I can't help it because it keeps dripping out of my sore swollen red nose. Thank god for soft kleenex with lotion on it. I have a head cold. You get the picture, and I am sorry for that... On the one hand I seem to have regained my ability to swallow now that the knife that...