For many of us 2021 couldn’t arrive fast enough. As we gathered virtually for the traditional New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl and White Stone service at The Unity Center, it was easier than ever to fill the page of Things to Let Go Of from 2020. Watching that list magically dissolve in a bowl of water and flush it away was very freeing. This year, however, there was a different list to fill out – “Taking the Learning Forward.” Here was the opportunity to look at the changes 2020 brought in […]
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Finding Joy in December 2020!
Joy is a feeling or mindset that we associate with the holiday season. In her book It’s Never too Late to Begin Again, Julia Cameron includes a chapter on “Reigniting a Sense of Joy” and promises the reader will “uncover many of your true values, and it is acting within our true values that brings us a sense of abiding joy.” Other joy inducing topics she explores are grandchildren, pets, play, humor, and even luxury. Joy brings us positive energy. Now with Covid cases rising, the loss of lives and incomes, […]
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FALL 2020- DAY 2 OF THE PANDEMIC
One of my best discoveries during this Covid-19 pandemic has been Brene Brown’s podcast, Unlocking Us. As I dusted the house this weekend, I was eager to hear her first fall episode – “Day 2,” named for “the messy middle” of the many 3-day intensive trainings Brene and her colleagues have conducted. This “messy middle” is where she believes we are now on this seemingly endless Covid-19 journey. Using this and other metaphors, Brene gave some direction and hope for our Covid-19 situation that I wanted to pass on along with some […]
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Building Something Better
When I last wrote, about six weeks into the pandemic, our country was in a very different place. Yes, the pandemic is still with us, and even surging, but fewer are dying as we learn more. This crisis was upstaged when the inhumane death of George Floyd sparked hundreds of protests and highlighted deeply ingrained racism Our attention and energy have shifted from “Let’s just shelter in place and get rid of this virus as fast as possible” to “How can we learn from these losses and move forward in community?” While […]
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