by Kate | Feb 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will surrender patiently. The Buddhist proverb says: “when the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Moving more deeply into this promise, I might be ready to learn about patience—my Buddhist teacher, Susan Piver, chose it recently as...
by Kate | Jun 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind promise: I will release and receive. (Breathe) I have come to the end of another cycle of kind promises. What now? Out of nowhere comes the thought: it’s about breathing. Breathe out. Breathe in. Release. Receive. In the wake of the death of a hard drive...
by Kate | Mar 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will experience this moment. When I wrote my kind promises for 2013, I added in parentheses after this one “to come to my senses.” It’s easy for me to get lost in my mind. I have an unfortunate habit of believing that my thoughts are The Truth or even...