Forgiveness, Metta & Priorities

Posted by on Jul 29, 2010 in Emotions, Grief, Loss and Letting Go, prayers, Spirituality | Comments Off on Forgiveness, Metta & Priorities

Good morning, Happy Thursday! 🙂 I’ve had several conversations today about priorities, forgiveness and how making forgiveness a priority  is such an integral part of the journey and a good life.  Forgiveness comes from words meaning “allow,” and literally means “for giving.”   Everyone I’ve talked to today is having such a rough time, and there is a lot of emotion swirling around.  All of this got me thinking about feelings and what we do with them, and about for-giving. I think when we forgive we give up the sense of being a victim so we can set ourselves...

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Showers of Mercy

Posted by on Jul 28, 2010 in Emotions, Grief, Loss and Letting Go, prayers, Spirituality | Comments Off on Showers of Mercy

I’ve gotten a few 911 calls this morning from people in crisis or pain.  This is such a deep time for people, it seems like everyone I know and most of my clients are in some kind of relationship shift, some kind of  transition or deep grief.   Lots of people are sick, lots of things are in a big transition.  I am acutely aware of the pains and joys of the people in my inner circle and beyond…aware that like the breath rising and falling, life ebbs and flows, ever moving into something new and different.  But the memories linger, the hopes and dreams and hurts and forgiveness...

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Morning Prayers & Ponderings…

Posted by on Jul 27, 2010 in Emotions, ponderings, prayers, Spirituality | 2 comments

I’m catching up on some reading and prayer this morning. Prayer literally means “to beg.”  There is a lot of begging going on these days around me, a lot of people are having a hard time.  So, as is my daily practice, I am settling in soon to pray, to meditate and to be more in touch with the Divine presence I believe is always whispering sweetly around me.  But, as the Maharishi said, “the winds of God’s grace are always blowing, but it is up to us to raise our sails.” This morning I was catching up on 4011 emails and came across this nifty prayer from...

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