Posted in adventure, books, career, celebration, change, choices, creativity, discovery, experience, family, friendship, grateful, gratitude, growth, happiness, ideas, meditation, New York City, story, writing, yoga on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.” ~ Max Lerner As I cross over the finish line of 365 days of living and writing about an extraordinary life, I marvel at the passing of another year. On December 31, 2009, I wrote a post explaining that in 2010 I wanted to record [...]
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Posted in food, meditation, silence, simplicity, yoga on December 30, 2010 | 5 Comments »
“We dance around in a ring and suppose but the secret sits in the middle and knows.” ~ Robert Frost This quote was sent to me by Archan, a very loyal and supportive reader and commenter on this blog. He is constantly feeding me with encouragement and sending along resources, books, and quotes to inspire [...]
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Posted in change, meditation, New Years Eve, yoga on December 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.” ~ Wayne Dyer On Monday I wrote about caterpillars. Yesterday I wrote about focusing on goals of value rather than success. Some people get Spring fever. I’ve got New Year’s fever! As we [...]
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Posted in change, decision-making, design, imagination on December 28, 2010 | 4 Comments »
“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” ~ Albert Einstein 2011 is coming at us fast and furious, and I’m getting nervous. Nervous about ideas and plans that I’m putting into action. I’m starting to teach my own independent yoga classes on Sunday, January 30th. [...]
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Posted in change, dreams, faith on December 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” ~ Buckminster Fuller I read this quote over the Christmas holiday as I was learning more about Eric Carle’s work. He wrote the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar (for his sister, Christa, I might add), as well as the Brown [...]
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Posted in Christmas, faith, religion on December 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
My faith has morphed over the years. I was raised Catholic, thought for a bit about being a Unitarian and a Buddhist, and then through yoga thought that Hinduism may be a possibility. Finally, I happily settled on being interested in religion and calling myself spiritual without affiliation. So it came as quite a surprise [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The New York Times put together its annual review of the year in pictures. Every year I’m stunned by everything that’s happened in our world. The earthquake in Haiti, and then the earthquake soon after in Chile. The volcano in Iceland. The Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The oil spill in the Gulf. The World Cup [...]
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Posted in meditation on December 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“Put very simply, prayer is when we ask the universe for something, and meditation is when we stop and listen.” ~ DailyOm At this time of year, people are offering up a lot of prayers. We are looking toward the new year to start fresh, to create and work toward new goals and dreams. We [...]
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Posted in Christmas, holiday, story on December 22, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I was in church with my family on Sunday morning and the Minister told us the story of the candy cane, how it was shaped like the staff of a shepherd to symbolize the important role of the then-lowly shepherds in announcing Jesus’s birth to the world. At the time shepherds were considered unclean and [...]
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