Archive for October, 2007
« Previous EntriesOn Doorknobs And Departed Souls
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007Sometimes it’s good to learn to live with what we don’t like. Starting with our own failings, of course. I am also learning to live with: ugly carpet in our family room; the off-puke color of our house; grotesque 1970s dark brown trim. Bad windows. An untiled master bathroom (I’m getting used to Hardibacker […]
There Are Hundreds Of Ways To Kneel And Kiss The Ground
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007Rumi says:
Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don’t open the door to the study
and begin reading. Take down a musical instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
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Trans. Coleman […]
Taking An Honest Look And Not Barfing
Monday, October 29th, 2007Oh, how the spiritual journey has brought me face to face with my deficiencies! One aspect of Christian (and non-Christian) growth is accepting our mistakes and limitations without despairing overmuch.
In a letter to her sister, Thérèse of Lisieux wrote, ”If you are willing to serenely bear the trial of being displeasing to yourself, then you will […]
I Have No Idea Where I Am Going
Friday, October 26th, 2007
I intrepidly undertook the task of tidying up my desk (the knowledge that my mom was coming had the effect of a spotlight—sheesh, where did all this stuff come from?). It’s amazing how small items add up to piles and then, before I know it, I can’t find the top of my desk. Anyway, whilst purging I came across a Thomas Merton prayer on a […]
Random Sharing—R U Game?
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Music is the universal language of mankind.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
So just for fun, I did the shuffle in imitation of Fran (only she gets to do it in much more interesting places than I do—like Spain). Okay, it was a music shuffle and this is what I got:
1. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (from Op. […]
Making Each Other Sick?
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
My daughter and I were chatting over tea in a cozy café in her college town the other day and I looked up to catch sight of a young man in black. It took me a moment to decipher the Goth-script on the back of his shirt: Religion makes me sick.
From an article in the […]
Street Yoga + Ashtanga Ad
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007This video is amazing. (Thank you, Kirsten.) It’s called Street Yoga—free yoga classes for homeless kids. You have to watch this!
I am pretty sure Linda has been teaching free classes to women who can’t afford studio fees. That is just beautiful.
Yoga is for everybody! Every body. Yoga is beautiful and healing and I am so grateful for what it’s […]
What We Saw
Monday, October 22nd, 2007Saturday, we went for a walk with the camera. I was obsessing over trees because I know it’s all going to be brown, brown and brown soon. On the way home, we spotted the woodpecker in the second photo down. Isn’t he pretty? By the way, I took the three photos in my banner at […]
Eyes Wide Open (EWO) #4: Not In Our Name
Saturday, October 20th, 2007Courageously following the Prince of Peace isn’t a bed of roses (maybe stems and thorns). This week, Father Louis Vitale, Franciscan priest and member of Pace e Bene and Father Steve Kelly, Jesuit priest, were sent to jail for attempting to deliver a letter to the commander of Fort Huachuca in Arizona where the […]
Short Post. Don’t Fall Off Your Chair
Friday, October 19th, 2007It was starting to seem like I’d forgotten how to write one. Sheesh.
On yoga: I’m doing a couple more Intermediate Series poses (through bhekasana—my poor feet!—and how the heck do you lift your chest?) I wonder if it’s a good idea to try some other types of yoga classes, so that I’m not doing only the same poses ALL OF THE TIME? […]