by Kate | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will ask for and accept help gracefully. “Where, in the Bible, do I see people like me?” I asked myself recently. “What can God possibly be asking of me in this time and place and, most confusingly, in this body?” I was, as is distressingly...
by Kate | Mar 31, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will open to each moment In this moment I am surrounded by beauty colors and images I have chosen to be with me as I work In this moment there is pain in my left knee a slow burn that breaks through my concentration when it flames In this moment every...
by Kate | Mar 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will open to each moment. I practice samatha meditation. My teachers tell me that the first step is “mindfulness of body.” As I sit, I adjust my spine, legs, arms, neck and head to be in graceful alignment. “Not too tight. Not to loose,” the Buddha is...
by Kate | Mar 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will open to each moment. I am in a time of loss, anger, adjustment. My left hand is no longer dependable. I have resigned from my job. I am trying to help people understand that I can no longer do what they expect me to do. In this moment everything...
by Kate | Mar 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will open to each moment. This morning, I wanted my PCA to leave me. I wanted silence. I wanted to be alone with my paintbox and brush. It doesn’t work that way anymore. As I become more disabled, I need more help. As I live into this new phase...
by Kate | Mar 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will open to each moment. This month, I choose to remember mindfulness. I want enter each moment with my hands empty and my mind open. No expectations. No judgments. As soon as I notice either, I want to drop it and return to the present...
