My One Little Word for 2018 is/was FOCUS. I wrote about what I expected my focus on FOCUS to do for me back on January 4th, and did a mid-year evaluation on July 5th. Since then I haven’t actually dwelt on my OLW a whole lot. But reading these two posts and looking back over… Continue reading 2018 in Focus (Spiritual Journey Thursday)
I love challenges. I find myself eagerly jumping in to writing and art challenges of all kinds. Keeping up with them is another thing though! This year my one-little-word is FOCUS, I’m trying to put it into practice by actually imposing some focus on my life. One area of focus is to eliminate some of… Continue reading Challenges & a few PINK poems
Welcome to the first Spiritual Journey Thursday post of 2018. Today I and my SJT friends are unveiling our one-little-word choices for the year. My trusty altar-ego Power Shot is here to do the honors in a storyboard sequence. Take it away, PS! So there you have it, folks. My word is FOCUS. Frankly, I… Continue reading 2018 one-little-word reveal (Spiritual Journey Thursday)
As I contemplate “finding joy” (our Spiritual Journey Thursday topic this month), it occurs to me how little it takes for me to lose mine. A stretch of bad weather, a cold that hangs on, misplacing my things, upcoming obligations that worry and stress me… These and many more easily grab my attention and, if… Continue reading Teach me
UPDATE: I am totally blown away! Poetry Friday friend and children's author extraordinaire Tabatha Yeatts has been doing poem / song matchups. Today she matched "Mindfulness," below with some absolutely gorgeous music! Have a listen as you read ... and then pop up here again to enjoy the beautiful scenes that accompany this plainsong chant.… Continue reading Mindfulness
Margaret Simon's one little word PRESENT was fun to explore because of its many meanings. I think I know the meaning of "present" that is giving her inspiration, but maybe not… In writing about it, I chose as my subject a Bible character who demonstrates what being present means to me, even as I used… Continue reading Present
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