On the Way to William Penn House for Tuesday Night Yoga Practice
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The Peaceful Presence of the Goddess Incarnate as Feline
I trust you have read about and responded to actual substantive things in the latest flurry of activity and not just what Meryl Streep said and the response thereto.
Have you meditated today? Breathed consciously? Taken care of your health?
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Late Afternoon Moon
How is your practice these days, whatever your practice. Now it is even more important than ever.
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A Job That Would Not Be for Me
These workers were caulking the fifth floor windows of my building today. It was snowing. (the flakes were too fine to show up in the photograph.) I wish them (and will donate money and sign petitions, write letters, etc to back up my wishes for all workers) health care, child care, retirement benefits, and a safe (as it can be) job free from discrimination, harassment, and wage theft.
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“Reality is Unforgivingly Complex”
Yesterday, the first of the year, I pulled off the shelf and opened at random Anne Lamott’s “Bird by Bird.” I’d found it used some time ago and was interested, but other things got ahead of it on my reading pile. The page to which I opened seems highly topical for what is coming this year:
For instance, I used to think that paired opposites were a given, that love was the opposite of hate, right the opposite of wrong. But now I think we sometimes buy into these concepts because it is so much easier to embrace absolutes than to suffer reality. I don’t think anything is the opposite of love. Reality is unforgivingly complex.
May we find enough love to suffer well the complexities to come this year. For me, I know that deepening and recommitting to my practice will help me find what more I can offer.
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