Monthly Archives: December 2011

“The Fire of the Miraculous”

Feeling a little depressed, I watched Marianne Williamson speaking about the Occupy movement in Berkeley California.  The talk lasts for an hour but it’s well worth listening to. I heard something that resonated for me, stopped and replayed it several … Continue reading

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The Story of How I Realized that for Me, Primates are People

(Written in a workshop with Deena Metzger at Rowe in May 2010) It was when my mother broke her hip, and we all went home in turns to help her get from the hospital to the house we grew up … Continue reading

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Choices & Dysfunctional Beliefs

(Written in April 2003) I’ve been reading thru Byron Katie and feeling really discouraged because her process doesn’t work for me.  I think it must operate more at a cognitive level, has to do with beliefs that are taken on … Continue reading

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“Common Sense” by Paul Williams

I found this among my documents of “Thoughts” that I’m converting to a newer word processor.   Most meaningful to me were the words quoted by Joanna Macy during a workshop at Rowe Camp and Conference Center.  They strengthened me for … Continue reading

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My Tribe

My joy in the Winter Solstice celebration in Stanstead makes me think of a passage I wrote for The Feminine of History is Mystery.  It was written when I was still living in Brunswick Maine, and could not imagine ever … Continue reading

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Christmas

Christmas when I was growing up was mostly about presents and parties.  Our family had its ritual — stockings on our bed when we woke up, no access to the tree and the presents underneath until breakfast was eaten and … Continue reading

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Winter Solstice

I got back this morning from an overnight trip.  I went to Canada for a Winter Solstice celebration, and spent the night at a friend’s house about halfway home.  I just sat here for a while, looking out at the … Continue reading

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“Thoughts on Self-Worth” from 1988

(Written in January 1988) So how does one “acquire” self-worth — if that’s a legitimate verb which I suspect it’s not.  Self worth is not something one has but something one does, or even deeper than that, it’s a sort … Continue reading

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More from 1986

When I had first got on medication, and was working with a therapist who specialized in mood disorders, she told me that the ability to enjoy was destroyed by depression.  This was such a relief to me.  I realized that … Continue reading

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Struggle with Depression

(Written in March 1986) There’s so much work to be done around the house and I just don’t seem to have the energy.  Or the discipline.  Or the faith that it ultimately means anything to keep this house neat and … Continue reading

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