March 2012

  • Our Own Worst Enemy

    I heard Self Confidence described in a way I hadn't thought of it before…I believe we have an overall meaning, but not how it is derived.  What I didn't know is that our sense of self confidence comes from our… Continue reading

  • A Five Month Summer…

    As we are having this delightful Spring, I hear comments along the Mail Route, a old timers saying, "I am sure we will be punished for this…I wonder when we will pay for these nice days."  My response is, "It… Continue reading

  • Loving Care of my Body

    I am calling my hungry child, "Lotta" and in doing so have created a space for me to see her wanting to have certain things.  In naming her, I am able to deal with her as you would a real… Continue reading

  • Completely whole all alone.

    In Mark Nepo's Book, "The Book of Awakening" for March 18th,  The Life of the Caretaker. "Accept this gift, so I can see myself as giving." "I have been learning that the life of a caretaker is as addictive as… Continue reading

  • Voice of the Adult.

    David Hawkins writes about dieting or taking care of the body in "Healing and Recovery". "When one reaches this level of handling appetite and hunger, one is no longer fixed on one particular food or another.  One could say, "If… Continue reading

  • Character called Me

    "Spiritual progress is based on acceptance as a matter of free will and choice, and thus everyone experiences only the world of their own choosing.  The universe is totally free of victims, and all eventualities are the unfolding of inner… Continue reading

  • A Free Spirit.

    What I hadn't considered is that our Conscience is created, that we don't come with a natural conscience; it is built into us.  I looked up the definition of Conscience and one that struck me was, " the nontechnical term for… Continue reading

  • Being without a Conscience.

    Gary Zukav writes about the difference between Conscience and Integrity in his book, Spiritual Partnerships.   "Integrity and conscience both present themselves as guides through your life, however, they are distinctly different guides, and they take you to distinctly different… Continue reading

  • Dancing with Quilting.

    My latest Lady Quilt.  I am trying to do dancing ladies, capturing their movement.   "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche I loved this quote.… Continue reading

  • It is Peaceful

    Chapter 12, Spiritual Partnership.  I love this about the Diamond Scale. "My father owned a jewelry store in a small town in Kansas.  Somewhere in his career he acquired an antique diamond scale.  My mother kept it on a shelf… Continue reading