by Kate | Dec 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon I am finding myself lost for words today, so I will let Jack Kornfield say it for me. Jack is more cautious than I want to be with forgiveness. I don’t want to forgive “to the extent to which I am...
by Kate | Dec 12, 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. Last Tuesday, I was...
by Kate | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon. I want to come each moment with my hands empty and my heart open. Instead, I often approach with caution. I carry expectations about how things are going to be, about how things ought to be. I decide in advance what’s...
by Kate | Dec 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon. Here we are in December Take the visions you have Of perfect family Perfect home Perfect gifts Hold them up for blessing You wanted that Of course you did Those visions come from eons of creaturely hunger Honor them...
by Kate | Nov 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will love without keeping score. This is Thanksgiving week (in the United States). It’s the time of year when we begin to drive ourselves and each other a bit (or a bunch) crazy chasing the dream of the perfect holiday. We want beautiful surroundings,...
by Kate | Nov 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
kind promise: I will love without keeping score. My husband and teenaged daughter were late getting out of the house this morning. It was upsetting. He gathered his stuff and left the house for the car, bellowing, “we’re really late! Get a move on!” She, almost in...