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Om, my God!
I usually meditate to a mantra. I usually mediate to my 108 mala beads, 1 bead per breath. Being a rather wordy sort, I used phrases as my mantras: I love God. God loves me. I breathe in life. I breathe out love. Thank you, God. Bless you, God. But yesterday I didn’t want to […]
In: God, Love, meditation, Peacefulness, Prayer · Tagged with: Affirmations, God, meditation
Running w/ God
This was a beautiful, gray, humid and misty morning for an ever-longer run at Lady Bird Lake. And so it was a beautiful run. Focusing on nothing and feeling I received everything, I enjoyed a wonderful run with God. Dozens of occurrences gave me “Thank you, God!” moments. Hurried duffel-packing made me run sockless. First […]
In: Affirmation, God, Happiness, Prayer · Tagged with: Affirmations, God, Prayer
Why God is “dog” spelled backwards
God works in wonderful ways The job interview went wonderfully well. Two interviewers were prepped and primed and passed the questioning back and forth with graceful energy. I felt at home answering their queries about training and education and transitioning from corporate employment to self-employment and back. We laughed a lot. We traded stories. We […]
In: Affirmation, God, Happiness, Love, Prayer · Tagged with: Affirmations, God, Love, Prayer, spiritual simplicity
Smiley-face God
Bright and early Saturday morning I headed for Lady Bird Lake, to run the hike-and-bike trail around the lake. I knew it would be crowded and I was right. No problem! I looked forward to sharing the trail with other fitness aficionados. The more the merrier. I anticipated camaraderie as heart-warming as the run would […]