by Kate | Sep 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will advocate courageously. When I was growing up, my family had a cabin on a small lake in Wisconsin. Sometimes, my dad would take us out on the lake in a motorboat. He would attach a secondhand motor to our somewhat leaky 12 foot, wooden rowboat. Dad...
by Kate | Sep 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today’s blog post has been canceled as I practice Buddhism and breathe tonglen I breathe in heavy-hearted helplessness as we prepare to drop more bombs on people who seem wedded to violence violence answering violence I breathe out peace and connectedness with...
by Kate | Sep 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will advocate courageously. I am sinking deep into the possibility that in this moment in this body my most courageous act may be to sit in the sun aware of beauty noticing peace letting this be enough ...
by Kate | Aug 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of my mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight in my journal and consider their patterns here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. The other day I was...
by Kate | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will reinvent whimsically. There’s a saying amongst teachers: “You teach what you most need to learn.” Recently (in the e-book Comfort & Joy) I wrote: “Your job right now is to take one incredibly small, ridiculously tiny step toward the light. We...
by Kate | Aug 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of my mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight in my journal and consider their patterns here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. Yesterday a katydid...
