In the aftermath of the violence at our nation’s Capitol Building on January 6th, I find myself feeling anger, grief, despair and a sense of impotence or helplessness. I sense and fully expect more violence to erupt in the days ahead, between now and Inauguration Day, and even beyond. A sleeping monster has been awakened.
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I send my heart out ahead of me On softly feathered wings she fliesCarrying my intentionLike an olive branchOr a messageSeekingCreatingAn alliance between what isAnd a visionA hopeOf what might become Buoyant and agileKeen of vision and true in flightA homing beaconLighting the way with her gentle glowBuilding a bridge of rainbow lightOpening the way
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Two of my recent SoulCollage® cards, each belonging to the Council suit, remind me of my place in time, sandwiched between the long arc of history past and the infinite future that has yet to unfold. I am reminded of the importance of “being here now,” of staying mindfully in the present, that NOW is
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July 20, 1969. I remember watching the lunar landing with rapt attention. It was almost bedtime when Neil Armstrong took that “one giant leap for mankind,” but I stayed up, my eyes glued to the black and white images on the screen of the family room TV, still wearing my damp swimsuit from a backyard
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Political upheaval, economic uncertainty, bigotry, angry rhetoric. And it’s hotter than hell outside. It all weighs heavily on me as I drive to my weekly “Mindfulness in Art” class. “Today we’ll go a little deeper,” the teacher says, “letting whatever wants to rise up spill out onto the paper. Not from up here,” she continues,
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