Category Archives: Present Day

Good Friday

Posted on April 10, 2020 by jenny

Richard Rohr: I believe that the cross is an image for our own time, and every time: we are invited to gaze upon the image of the crucified Jesus to soften our hearts toward all suffering. Amidst the devastating spread of COVID-19, the cross beckons us … Continue reading →

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Making the Choice for Love

Posted on April 9, 2020 by jenny

from Richard Rohr’s daily meditation for April 9: Giving up control is a school to learn union, compassion, and understanding. It is ultimately a school for the final letting go that we call death. Right now, as we face social … Continue reading →

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Gratitude

Posted on April 8, 2020 by jenny

I have been concerned lately about what are the things I would really regret not having done if I died tomorrow.  That was the push to get me over the hump to actually write gratitude letters to people I had … Continue reading →

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Hijacked

Posted on April 6, 2020 by jenny

Van der Kolk “The big issue for traumatized people is they don’t own themselves any more.  Any loud sound, anybody insulting them, hurting them, saying bad things, can hijack them away from themselves.  And so what we have learned is … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on April 4, 2020 by jenny

From my journal: Headache. Tired. Sad.  Slept late.  I’m disappointed with myself for feeling sad again, and then I realize that it’s sadness for all the people who are scared and suffering right now. I look at the pictures of … Continue reading →

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Your Life is Not About You

Posted on April 1, 2020 by jenny

From Richard Rohr’s meditation for April 1: Understanding that our lives are not about us is the connection point with everything else. It lowers the mountains and fills in the valleys that we have created, as we gradually recognize that … Continue reading →

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Initiation

Posted on March 30, 2020 by jenny

Richard Rohr, from his Daily Meditations for March 29 and 30: In my cross-cultural research on male initiation rites, I perceived five consistent lessons or truths communicated to the initiate, meant to separate initiates from their attachment to who they … Continue reading →

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Today

Posted on March 26, 2020 by jenny

A lot of firsts.  I’m typing this directly into the computer.  My “3rd cup” is just water.  I walked Mocha down outside to get the mail.  Blue sky, brisk temperature.  I was glad to be alive.  And not afraid of … Continue reading →

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Energetic Connection

Posted on March 24, 2020 by jenny

Since this COVID-19 pandemic began, I have felt solidarity with everyone on the planet.  It surprised me, because for most of my life I’ve felt like an outsider.  More intelligent than most people, a very different way of thinking, odd … Continue reading →

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Standing in My Truth

Posted on March 24, 2020 by jenny

“A life initiation begins with a crisis that dissolves what you knew and what you were.  From the rubble of the ensuing collapse, a new self is born into a new world.”    Charles Eisenstein My first crisis happened when … Continue reading →

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