by Kate | Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will surrender patiently. This Kind Promise works best supported by two others: I will surrender patiently, reinvent whimsically and advocate courageously. These promises answer the question: What happens when life doesn’t go as I planned? They are a...
by Kate | Feb 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight, capture them in my Journal and log them here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. I love the explosion of...
by Kate | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will surrender patiently. The color gives way to water to other pigment It doesn’t care about holding its own or making a statement It just dissolves and in the letting go there is beauty May I be a student of such...
by Kate | Jan 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
As I go through my day, I watch for moments when the corners of mouth turn up and my heart lifts. I note these moments of delight, capture them in my Journal and log them here. I encourage you to be on the lookout for your Delight of the Day. Last week I was so...
by Kate | Jan 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been practicing tonglen meditation. Tonglen is a Buddhist meditation where, faced with suffering, we breathe it in, envisioning it as a dark tarry substance. Then we breathe out light, airiness and joy. I am using it, I confess, somewhat selfishly, to turn my own...
by Kate | Jan 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will live joyfully without reason. “Writers must live an adventure,” wrote blogger Jeff Goins, explaining why he is traveling to Africa. “I’m not saying you have to create the most epic experiences ever,” he went on, “but there comes a time when you...
