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STAY HOME Nothing exists but the Self All things arise and dissolve within the Self Find the Self which was never lost And Be
Is thinking overrated???
This month in my group program Slowing Down to the Speed of Grace, we have been exploring the hypothesis that who we THINK we are may not be who we really are. I have been taking a close look at when I rely on inner wisdom and when I take the reins back and do …
Time for a new beginning?
Even though I have not worked as a high school teacher for 4 years, I still get that back-to-school feeling in the autumn. It feels much more like a time for fresh starts than the New Year. Our New Year Resolutions demand willpower, a sense of “I really don’t want to do this, but I …
From Burnout to Grace part 4
When I was recovering from my burnout, the phrase “Slowing down to the speed of grace” kept popping into my head. My intuition told me this phrase contained the answers I needed to recover and make sense of why I had burned out (twice!), as well as wisdom for living a different kind of life. …
From Burnout to Grace part 3
One day, when I was lying in bed, recovering from my burnout, I wanted to write but I did not have the energy to pick up a pen. Instead I recorded the following as a voice memo on my iPhone. “I feel such despair. Everything I thought I had built in my life is lying …
From Burnout to Grace part 2
I wrote about my burnout being a call from my soul, calling me back into conversation with my inner wisdom. I knew that I could not go with my old strategies of trying to get better but I thought if I did nothing, I would be ill forever. I could not see another way to be, …
From Burnout to Grace – Part 1
In 2016 my life fell apart. I was in bed, ill, exhausted and scared about the future.I had been a high school teacher who worked crazy hours, neglected my own needs and burned out. I had lost the career I loved and it broke my heart. When I recovered, I trained as a coach because …
I Choose Joy
A thousand times a day I squander joy A thousand times a day I argue Giving what you say What they do Power To veil the radiance I am made of A thousand times a day I choose again Remembering the ocean of bliss In which I swim No longer willing to pay The ransom …
God Lives Here
Sticky orange scented fingers A cloudless sky Two shafts of light God lives here A dimly lit kitchen A raging hurt boy-husband Ugly tears, mind stopped in grief God lives here Sitting in meditation Amid Tibetan Buddhist artefacts Sunlight patch on wooden floor God lives here Lying in bed Exhaustion and tears The sunlight in …
Fierce Grace – A Villanelle
Do not be afraid of the fierceness of Grace As she razes your house to the ground She comes to reveal your original face As you blink back tears in this strange, new place She will not leave you where you were found Do not be afraid of the fierceness of Grace. She comes to …