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I leave you this month with a Rumi poem about welcoming all of the pieces of you.
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,...
Today is Martin Luther King Day. What an appropriate day to think about our theme “Pieces of Me” – King was brilliant at integrating the different pieces of himself into a wholeness that made our w...
Last week we talked about nurturing some pieces of ourselves, and also welcoming and then leaving behind other pieces in this new year. As you think about the pieces of you that remain, you can thi...
This month our theme is “Pieces of Me.” As we begin this new year, what pieces of you do you want to bring with you? What pieces of you would you like to leave in 2020? We are all made up of differ...
To close out our discussion of searching for meaning, I’ll share a quote from author, lecturer and Benedictine monk, David Steindl-Rast:
Meaning is not something that can be looked up in a book, l...
Today is the winter solstice and the longest night of the year. In conjunction with this month’s theme, what meaning can we search for in this darkness? Imagine we are outside tonight, what do we d...
Several theories about grieving include the mourner’s need to search for meaning. Many of us know about Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief – denial, anger, bargaining, depression and accep...
This month our theme is “Searching for Meaning.” I don’t know why, but I naturally search for meaning in most everything. When our previous home’s address was our daughter’s birth date, or when my ...
To close this month’s posts about “After Death,” I’ll share this excerpt from John O’Donohue’s book, Beauty: The Invisible Embrace. Do these words ring true for you?
The dead are not distant or ab...
We all have beliefs about what happens after death. Many people I’ve companioned after losing a loved one shared stories with me of feeling a connection to their deceased beloveds. When I ask them ...
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