by Kate | Nov 18, 2020 | kind promises, Love
We are emerging from a very contentious election in the US. I am saddened as people around me talk about the other side as though they are evil, ignorant, and not worthy of any respect. I recently read Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address, in which he encourages...
by Kate | Nov 25, 2019 | Chronic healing, kind promises, Love
When we think about generosity, we usually think about giving things, including money. Having a generous nature when it comes to objects is helpful in a relationship, but I’m thinking of a wider definition here. Yes, I want to be able to borrow your extra umbrella,...
by Kate | Nov 19, 2019 | kind promises, Love
We like to think that love comes without limits. Yet I find myself wanting to write about boundaries as I think about love this month. Love comes with a strong sense of attachment and, humans that we are, attachment can lead over into one party wanting to control the...
by Kate | Nov 13, 2019 | kind promises, Love
Kristin Neff does research and teaches on the topic of self-compassion. She has identified three components of self-compassion. First (she says), we need mindfulness. We need to develop that witnessing part of our minds that understands we are telling ourselves a...
by Kate | Nov 5, 2019 | Love
In an interview with Krista Tippett, angel Kyodo williams talked about love. Rev. williams is an esteemed Zen priest, and the second black woman ever recognized as a teacher in the Japanese Zen lineage. She described the limitations of our culture’s idea of...
by Kate | Nov 20, 2018 | kind promises, Love
One of my PCAs has been telling me stories from “the other side” – the part of America that is black and poor. Another child shot dead. A homeless family staying in drug users’ apartment because it’s what they can find, hoping the teenage children are not learning the...
