November 1, 2023
My human mind is tricky. It sees and judges. It hears and decides. It feels a sensation and responds immediately. It wanders incessantly. It debates itself. It goes up and down on a seesaw of emotions. There is little to no distance between its ideas and its instructions … this is not a place in…
Keep readingOctober 31, 2023
Yesterday there was a weight of sadness on my heart… missing Mom. I prayed (talked to God). Talked to her. Gave myself the truth that grief is inevitable. I miss her. I am trying to live in the gratitude of having spent so much time with her over the last four years. Visits, TV, movies,…
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PERSPECTIVE
Your inner growth is completely dependent upon the realization that the only way to find peace and contentment is to stop thinking about yourself.Michael A. Singer – the untethered soul
Keep readingOctober 25, 2023
Long ago, my father had returned from one of his two Naval stays in Japan with a beautiful silkscreen of a tiger, which he quickly made a frame for. That tiger was a part of our household as far back as I can remember. It sure is beautiful. I remember Mom telling me how much…
Keep readingOctober 22, 2023
I sat at Mom’s and watched some TV. Breathed deeply Mom’s “smell.” Her house. Played a game on my phone; had a frozen banana. I stood where mom breathed her last and I prayed out loud. All that is in Mom’s house is hers. It belongs to her. Mom made possible her daughters having anything…
Keep readingOctober 20, 2023
I promised Mom that I would be “smarter.” I spoke those words to her. They were among the last things I said to her this side of heaven. Smarter:- Wisdom- Non-attachment- Speaking less- Listening more- Pausing: physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I just watched Mom’s Ring video from Thursday, October 12 into Friday, October 13.…
Keep readingOctober 17, 2023
Yesterday I wrote Mom’s obituary. I spent some time … and of course, thank you Higher Spirit Power. I wrote what I’d like to share at mom’s private hour tomorrow. The God of my understanding proofread: additions, deletions, copy and pastes, commas and periods. I took care of things with Holy Cross Cemetery. Mom made…
Keep readingOctober 16, 2023
My mind nas been thinking of the times when I was traveling along my spiritual journey … immature in the ways of gratitude and humility. When I fell short of the mark of unconditional love and respect that Mom so freely gave to me, and which she deserved to have reciprocated. In the past four…
Keep readingOctober 14, 2023
Death is not an affront to life. It is a part of life. A part of our temporary bodies living in our temporary world. Death is life’s partner in all of nature. All breath stops.
Keep readingOctober 9, 2023
Bear witness and don’t step ahead of God. That is my revised assignment. That is what comes to my heart as I sit here, in my home, in the quiet of early morning. Bear witness and follow my God. There is no more fretting and flitting from place to place. Bear witness and follow my…
Keep readingParamahansa Yogananda
“Self-realization is the knowing — in body, mind and soul — that we are one with the omnipresence of God; that we do not have to pray that it come to us, that we are not merely near it at all times, but that God’s omnipresence is our omnipresence; that we are just as much…
Keep readingOctober 7, 2023
And so, Mom is dying. This is a very large sadness covering me. I’m somewhat afraid; afraid to be without her. Afraid to be sad and to grieve. I give the medicine as directed by the hospice nurse. I am trusting her knowledge and experience. I can list in my mind, or here on paper,…
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