Remembering love

Remembering love

Kind promise: I will love without keeping score. Last week, I went to my aunt’s funeral and saw love in action. Her friends and extended family gathered. We don’t see each other often (some of us had never met), but we gathered to honor and celebrate this woman who...
Green and orange taught me about love today

Green and orange taught me about love today

Green and orange? I usually don’t, I thought. I know nature does. I saw it last week:   I reckon love does. Love, which I am looking for and learning from this month. Love is all about unexpected combinations. So I gave them a try, green and orange:   It...
How 20 years of practicing my scales makes God bigger

How 20 years of practicing my scales makes God bigger

Kind Promise: I will appreciate blessings. When I recommitted myself to the Kind Promises, I felt a sense of joy and relief. Since then, my monster mind has been grumbling about the dangers of repetitive practice. “You’ve done gratitude,” it snarls. “What good...
Delights – small groups

Delights – small groups

Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists call “positive scanning.”  I’m waiting for good things to...
Delights – small groups

Delights – Autumn

  Each day I watch for moments that inspire a strong feeling of gratitude and  joy within me.   I mentally label the strongest such moment The Delight of the Day.  The practice encourages what psychologists call “positive scanning.”  I’m waiting for good things...
Creativity Cookies – Thank your Teachers

Creativity Cookies – Thank your Teachers

  Welcome to Creativity Cookies, your monthly invitation to creative action! The BIG IDEA for this month is It’s gratitude month here at Journey Dancing and, when it comes to creativity, we stand on the shoulders of giants. Once a concept (perspective, for...