Morning Rituals. How many?
Morning rituals are, literally, an everyday occurrence. Many would think that a ritual is spiritual and a routine is just a repeated behavior. Like a routine, a ritual is repeated. And we can give our routines plenty of spiritual energy. Do you have spiritual rituals? Are they attached to your morning? A University of Connecticut […]
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Praying is….this, that, and the other
What is praying? A couple of years ago, if you’d asked me how long I’d been praying, I would have said, “Five or six years.” I would have been wrong. Praying has been a lifelong practice. Whether I knew it or not. My answer pinpointed the active attention and expression I gave to “talking to […]
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Lighten Up! There’s No Reason Not To.
Lighten up! Take that seriously and with several grains of the certainty that it’ll be good for you if you do! The reasons for lightening up are many. They include less stress and greater peace of mind. When you make the effort to remove the “weight of the world” from your very strong shoulders, you […]
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Life Speed: Fast and Slow
Most of us live at dual life speed: fast and slow. Some things we want or need to hurry through. Other activities invite us to linger and enjoy. Of course, those are not the same fast items or slow choices for all of us. To each her or his own, for certain. There are some […]