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I have been waiting to meet you all of my life
Posted on February 26, 2018 13 Comments
“Love is how you become a person and why.”—John Green Recent lessons in A Course in Miracles (today, I’m on Lesson 57) have been reviews, where I solidify my commitment to free my mind, to give up my old stories, to choose peace. Basically, I’m learning to “be new,” to see others as new, to […]
Lizard or lover? What’s your response to Paris?
Posted on November 16, 2015 86 Comments
“Absolutely everything is available to us — sorrow and joy, grievance and forgiveness, horror and transcendence — it’s all on the menu. It’s up to us where we put our attention.”—Josh Radnor I was lucky. When news of the Paris attacks struck the airwaves, I was standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon, gazing […]
Mean people don’t suck: The Rosetta Stone for “Knowing thy Enemy”
Posted on February 11, 2013 6 Comments
Once, in a three-bedroom pension in Austria, I got locked in a tiny bathroom. I hollered out to my hosts, “Help! I can’t open the lock.” They spoke no English so obviously they didn’t rush to my aid. Instead, they probably scratched their head, wondering what the crazy American girl was yammering about so early […]