Tag: spirituality
group name: womenwise
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August 08, 2006 11:28 PM EDT --
I recieved this email from my very good friend ,who I love with all my heart. Never have I known her or any member of her family to be judgemental of a living soul. This is a family in Portland Oregon . . . more
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April 30, 2008 09:33 PM EDT --
April 30th.
Beltane is one of the four CrossQuarter Sabbats in the Wheel of the Year. It has the fixed date of May 1st and falls between the Quarter Sabbats of the Spring Equinox and the Summer . . . more
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March 01, 2008 12:17 PM EST --
I have heard a number of different definitions for prayer and, of course, there are just as many kinds of prayers and ways to pray. Some say that prayer is something we do to change God's mind; . . . more
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July 30, 2006 11:26 PM EDT --
A pillow sits on the wood floor of my office. It's an ordinary meditation pillow - maroon and pink, circular, short, embroidered with cascading triangles and filled with dried buckwheat. Some people . . . more
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April 10, 2006 10:33 PM EDT --
I asked the dawn: "Where is the dewdrop that wet my lips last night and was suddenly gone before the sunrise?"
The dawn smiled: 'It's in the lightness of breezes and fragrance of flowers." . . . more
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June 28, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
A couple of years ago my friend John heard that a friend of his was terminally ill. He hadn’t seen this friend in many years and so was struggling over whether to visit him or not. Knowing . . . more
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September 07, 2006 06:51 PM EDT --
Hi all,
A friend gave me a photo and five minutes to come up with a story. The picture was of a group of adults in a circle and two small boys standing off to the side. Following is an . . . more
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April 26, 2006 01:18 AM EDT --
Transience
A rose, a candle, and
A single smile
Are all alike
They're just for awhile
But just for awhile
Is why they are here
They mean so much more
Like a single tear
. . . more
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August 06, 2006 02:28 PM EDT --
You're beautiful, pure light
You're luminous, so strong
Inside and out
You carry me
Endlessly
You're tall
And dark
And yet the brightest soul I've seen
Your smile
Could . . . more
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July 25, 2006 05:53 PM EDT --
If it's beauty that we're after
It's in the love and laughter
Of playing children
Flowers, pets
In hugs and smiles
The sun that sets
All free and widespread
Heaven bound
In parks and . . . more
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March 01, 2006 10:55 PM EST --
As she leaned over and around the birdbath to pull the grass from around the lily bulbs, her mind went back to that first parsonage and its neglected garden. She had moved there with John as a young mother . . . more
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March 19, 2007 01:11 PM EDT --
Hi all,
I hope you are having a great day. I just wanted to say that I feel into my no wheat no dairy diet while going to yoga. We had a special detox class and we talked with a naturalpath . . . more
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March 04, 2006 12:01 AM EST --
Dear God.
Yes, Its me. Yeah, yeah I know - I'm not a team player but I was born with an affliction to being yelled at by sweaty men in pulpits as well as peeling the backs of my . . . more
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April 10, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Falling leaves
Fall through life-limited hours.
Born in gorgeous green
On oak and birch towers
Released to cease in Nature's arms
Warm winds sing hymns of grief
Winds work the native psalms
. . . more
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January 01, 2007 01:37 PM EST --
Several years ago, an online friend wrote to our group of friends and said she had fears about taking a promotion she'd been offered. There were so many "what ifs" involved, and her biggest . . . more
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July 19, 2006 11:22 PM EDT --
I was raised by my grandmother. Neither my mom nor dad wanted me when I was born. My mom was single and said that she would put me out for adoption rather than keep me. In those days being a young unwed . . . more
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July 23, 2006 08:48 AM EDT --
Ode to Morning
Unrushed Sunday mornings,
Moving slowly . . . more
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July 31, 2006 09:05 AM EDT --
One January day during my third grade year, Mrs. Mackenzie marched us outside and lined us up against the cool brick wall facing the playground. A Polaroid camera hung from her neck, and one by one, she . . . more
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July 12, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
Every once in awhile I am surprised by a wonderful book. I had my heart set on reading The Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama. When I got to the library it had been checked out. I . . . more
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August 01, 2006 09:57 AM EDT --
When my Gramma died, I grieved for two weeks. Then August changed to September and I wrote her a long love letter and burned it with the brown fall leaves. When my penpal of many years died I cursed the . . . more
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