Get up/ get up and do somethin’/ How can you make it/ if you never even try? – Macy Gray “What are you going to do?” I asked. She said, “I just don’t know. I tell him how I feel. I speak my truth.” “Does that work?” “No.” Of course it doesn’t. If we keep […]
Loving Kindness
“Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars. In the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul.” Max Ehrmann There’s a great deal of vulnerability that comes with loving kindness. Being kind to others requires that we practice a general empathy and compassion […]
Emotions
“There’s always complications, weird vibrations, frustrations, have patience” Sophie B Hawkins We all feel that way sometimes, “What’s the dad-gummed point?” Makes us wanna throw up our hands and go back to bed, or eat a lot of ice cream, or whatever our “zhuzge” is. Somewhere along the line, we learned that only good feelings […]
Authenticity
Cool means being able to hang with yourself. All you have to ask yourself is ‘Is there anybody I’m afraid of? Is there anybody who if I walked into a room and saw, I’d get nervous?’ If not, then you’re cool. – Prince I remember once being dismayed and frustrated that I wasn’t more subdued like […]
Trust the Process
You can’t bake a cake unless you follow the recipe. Sure, you can ignore the recipe but you probably won’t end up with a cake. – Anon. When I first started on my journey, it was so annoying when people would say, “You’re exactly where you need to be.” Honestly, I thought it was condescending. […]
Surrender
Surrender is laying down your weapons and waiting further instruction. – Military definition When I’m struggling with God, my weapons are justification and rationalization, selfishness and self-centeredness, entitlement and expectation, bargaining and negotiating, judgment and critical thinking. I don’t want to surrender my weapons. They are mine and I know how to use them. What […]
Self Will
“Don’t care how, I want it now!” Veruca Salt I have been a single parent from the beginning. No husband to run to Kroger for ice cream or talk to the baby in my belly. No loving partner to quell my fears of motherhood or the birth process. No father of my child to coach […]
Resistance
“Resistance is futile, all will be assimilated.” The Borg Sophia is a 3 year old delight. Pretty, cute as a button, a princess wrapped up in sugar and spice and everything nice. Her mother, Jan, is just over 40 and desperately desires a sibling for sweet Sophia. As a typical Type A, Jan has singular […]
Perception
We cannot differentiate the true from the false. – Anon We think that all of our thoughts are true. Our experience is only life that we know. It never even occurs to us that our perception may be skewed. We hold all of these beliefs that may not only be false, but extremely unproductive and […]
Now
God is in the now. Crying, freaking out, I called Merideth. She said, “Tell me what’s going on right this minute.” “What’s this got to do with my crisis?” She asked again. “I’m talking on the phone with you. (duh)” “What else?” “I’m driving my car.” “What else?” “The air-conditioner is blowing. “What else?” “I […]
Heather Dellapi 