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The use of the word “just” is often intended to simplify and support. Instead, however, it most often winds up implying that something very hard for that individual is easy. That he or she is stupid or lazy or weak if they don’t do it. That there’s something wrong with them. For example, we say…
Generosity takes courage. As long as I’m fearful – fearful that I’ll be robbed, cheated, taken advantage of, or maybe worst of all, ignored – I’ll stay locked up, guarded and suspicious. What would happen if I choose to be generous in spite of my fears? What if it doesn’t even matter if a few…
Be kind. Be well. Be at peace. Love, Jeanne
“If you don’t know what to do, do nothing . . . except listen.” Maya Angelou What a year it has been. Violence, turmoil and chaos. So many reasons to be afraid, to hide, to despair. As I write this, 14 more people have died, this time, in San Bernadino. Guns blaze and people hurry…
Show up for life and life will give you its gifts. Jeanne
To love truth is to love God. In a world full of turmoil, tap and breathe. Return again and again to your own deepest knowing. Tapping Prayerfully helps us listen within. It helps us grow still and focus. It makes room for the truth to come to us with clarity and without struggle. Jeanne
Our hearts are with Paris and with Lebanon (which was also bombed yesterday by Isis). Anger can strengthen resolve. May we love fiercely, hold on to our humanity and stay stubbornly engaged in the world. Jeanne
Our term “saint” comes from the Sanskrit “sant” which means “truth seeker” not “truth possessor”.
We can be so afraid of telling the truth (especially to ourselves). Yet the truth is what gets us past our fears.
We’re all on this journey called life. The only question is whether we’re going to travel alone or together, aware or oblivious, feeling or numb.