Category Archives: Spirit

The Trip with Ricky

Posted on November 22, 2022 by jenny

Monday, November 14 I did this in writing group.  Tried to do a left handed writing, but it went to another story about something else I thought was a failure that actually turned out to be a success. It’s slightly … Continue reading →

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“Failure” Redefined

Posted on November 21, 2022 by jenny

Monday, November 7 My friends Judith and Sharon and I are doing a writing group together on Monday nights. I wanted to work on the understanding that what looks like a failure might actually be following the voice of your … Continue reading →

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Guidance from 2006

Posted on October 9, 2022 by jenny

This was written in October 2006 and posted in January 2011. It’s relevance to the present moment is absolutely astonishing. I also see truths that I didn’t believe at the time, especially the advice not to try to do activist … Continue reading →

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Writing Practice

Posted on October 3, 2022 by jenny

Pat Schneider is a writing teacher.  She wrote a book called Writing Alone and With Others.  She gives a lot of exercises to get you through blocks and difficulties.  In one she says “start with an image.”  She describes a … Continue reading →

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From 1994: Struggle to Connect with the Divine

Posted on September 29, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for October 26, 1994 I’ve been wanting to pray, but not knowing who to pray to, or even what to pray for.  I finally asked for clarity: to see the truth; for courage: to act on what … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet

Posted on September 23, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for Saturday, September 17 Reading Krista Tippett writing about taking a break this last summer, giving herself time to think, feel, and write — she says that writing with hand and pen puts you more in touch … Continue reading →

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Worldview

Posted on September 22, 2022 by jenny

I wrote this in December 2005 and first posted it on October 8, 2010. I wrote it deliberately as a vision for how I wanted to see my life, I didn’t believe it at all. Reading it today I am … Continue reading →

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Reframe of Vocation

Posted on September 21, 2022 by jenny

Several people have suggested to me that I had to change my story about being traumatized very early. I thought they meant I was supposed to make it be that I hadn’t been traumatized at all. This shift to seeing … Continue reading →

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The Shamanic Realm

Posted on August 28, 2022 by jenny

From my journal for September 1994: My life.  This is a time in my life when…  well, I’m in the transition zone again, with that sense of floundering, old ideals losing their value, old structures disintegrating, and the new ones … Continue reading →

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“Souls are Like Athletes”

Posted on August 19, 2022 by jenny

I’ve been struggling with the low thyroid for a long time.  It’s been slowly getting worse.  I had a fall, and my bowels stopped for quite a long time.  I thought it had to do with the fall, but now … Continue reading →

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