by Kate | Aug 29, 2015 | connectedness, Creativity, joy, monsters, Transformation
Kind promise: I will nourish my body, mind and soul attentively The USDA, in its never-ending quest to inspire Americans to eat healthier diets, has created ChooseMyPlate.gov. We weren’t catching on to the old food pyramid model, so the USDA folks are trying to...
by Kate | Aug 12, 2014 | kind promises, Transformation, Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will reinvent whimsically. Whimsy is a wonderful word – just saying it blows a gust of curly wind through a mind that tends to furrow around life’s challenges. I’ve just taken a tour through my “bug list” and found movement on each one. Easy fixes are...
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by Kate | Aug 5, 2014 | kind promises, Transformation, Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will reinvent whimsically. This promise is an invitation to think about what’s not working in my life (or what I wish would work better) and experiment with changing it. It is perhaps my most practical promise. It’s sort of like doing laundry with my...
by Kate | Dec 4, 2012 | meditation, mindfulness, Transformation
Here I am at another beginning not scared this time nor excited, exactly but aware. Noticing an empty space that before was filled-filled-filled busy-busy-busy and now it’s not. I like it here in this cavernous now but no sooner do I arrive than...
by Kate | Mar 30, 2012 | chronic illness, Creativity, Disability, Forgiveness, kind promises, Transformation
When I first began walking with a cane, I would watch others with a real sense of witnessing a miracle. My ankle joint no longer worked (“drop foot”) and I used the cane to steady my uneven gait. Other people were able to lift their foot completely off the...
by Kate | Mar 23, 2012 | joy, monsters, Transformation
There is a part of my mind that reflexively comes up with unhelpful comments and attitudes about what’s going on. I call it my “monster mind.” It says things like, “it will never work,” “I will always be miserable,” and the...
