There are days that weigh heavy on your soul. The alarm clock buzzes you awake like lightning bolts jolting your ears. And the rush of already late floods your soul before you’ve even begun. Your life has gone on without you again and you’re always running out of breath. Lagging behind, trying harder to keep up. There are days when swinging your legs over the side of your bed and standing on two feet leave you feeling crooked, as though your whole day was born slanted and you’re slipping …
Archives for February 2014
Tell Your Story: A micro-memoir link up
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird I've long believed we are at our best when allowing ourselves time to sit with another in their story and to share our own. When we walk around a bit in someone else's memories and see what life looks like from eyes not our own, we grow in the ability to comprehend another's suffering and triumphs, struggles and …
Learning to Dwell
I learn the practice of dwelling each day this year. My one word, chosen because it is the resounding song God sings when I am still enough to listen. I learn it when I read the message about the ticket and the space made for me at IF Gathering in Austin. I learn it when I imagine gathering with so many women I love and respect. I learn it when I remember that I have air miles and a voucher and it would cost me next to nothing. I learn it when God reminds me that everything costs a bit. Each …