As I continue my practice of daily early morning walks I am discovering a state of being based in deep presence. I call it Becoming Wonder To “become” wonder is to come into a state of radical presence.” — K. Lauren De Boer, Practicing the Art of Wonder through Read more…
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the experience of joy. And I realized something this morning that I had not fully realized before… Joy is a present moment experience The only way that I experience joy is when I am totally present in the moment, sensing, feeling, being with Read more…
This morning I had a treat. While working in my office I noticed a downy woodpecker on one of the feeders that hang outside my office window. And I noticed another downy woodpecker clinging to the pole that the feeder is hanging from. As I watched I noticed the bird Read more…
Yesterday I got up and drove to Noerenberg Memorial Gardens with my camera early in the morning. What a glorious day! I thought I might find a few peonies still in bloom in the gardens, but with the two weeks of hot hot weather preceding this week, no peony flowers Read more…
This morning I listened to a short guided reflection created by Tara Brach, called “Attending to Joy” (see video link below). In it Tara talked about how we need to be open to sensing and feeling the pain and dysfunction of the world. But we also need to be open Read more…