Comparative Suffering

Comparative Suffering

This week, besides healthcare, screen time, travel unplans, friends, hugs, workspace and the cyclical nature of things… I’ve also been thinking about suffering. And, I’ve been feeling it. Have you? Where? In my body, it’s been an involuntary flutter in my eyelids, some pain low in my belly, and, a new one, a shudder like…

The Pause
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The Pause

The Pause You know that feeling when you’re in the middle of a vacation, or a winter, or a weekend? It’s that moment when time actually feels suspended. For me, it’s like that moment high on the arc of a swing, hanging in mid-air for a moment before the rush of movement pulls me. It’s…

The Obstacles

The Obstacles

The Obstacles Obstacles get in our way, slow us down, interrupt our progress and, depending on our mood can “grind our gears” or “harsh our mellow.” And, they seem to be everywhere. Other people (traffic, lines, phone calls, tantrums,) the weather, technology, furniture, fatigue, pathogens… all of these might also show up on your list…

Cycles

Cycles

Feeling that new moon this month. The beginning of something, that comes right after the end of something… it’s such a tender time. Think of moms and babies, tiny seedlings, a new school, a new job, a new relationships… that tremor of change… sometimes we recognize it as excitement, anticipation… sometimes fear, vulnerability, rawness. Our…

That's it!

That's it!