Tag: difficult times
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The Writer’s Life: Get in Your Right Mind
Right mind is not happy mind and where it leads is to work, not to ease. –Eric Maisel Last week I began a series about Negative Thoughts. I will continue by discussing ways to confront destructive thoughts in a healthy way to improve our writing life. In this post, I am referring to negative thoughts…
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Memoir: Mother’s Day Blog Tour: The Precious Gift
Mother’s Day – Twitter Chats Blog Tour Welcome to the Twitter Chats Blog Tour, organized by Mari Juniper at Mari’s Randomities and Anne Tyler Lord at Don’t Fence Me In. Today’s theme is Mother’s Day. You’ll be traveling with us through the blogs of some of the fantastic authors and writers who participate in our weekly — funny,…
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The Writer’s Life: The Sky is Falling
Worried about anything today? How does worry affect your life, your creativity, your writing? I look back over the last few months and see times I was happy and content from day to day without much worry. I like to think most of my life is that peaceful, at least in my mind. Then there…
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Poetry: Compassion’s Duality
I forgot to post a link from my blog to Soft Whispers last time one of my poems was featured. I plan to submit poems there regularly. I want to thank all my friends who have already commented on this poem. Here it is, Compassion’s Duality at Soft Whispers “I wrote this for someone suffering…
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Fiction: Iowan Work Ethic
This is one of my #FridayFlash fiction stories. Each Friday, members of the #FridayFlash group on Twitter write fictional stories of 1,000 words or less and share them. Join in the fun by clicking on the #FridayFlash banner on my sidebar! ~~~~~~~~~ Beulah bolted through the back pasture as fast as her nine-year-old feet could…
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RedFlame DeepWater (pt.6): Pain, Suffering & Resistance
Buddhism 101 says that all is suffering in this world. We know suffering is the cause of our unhappiness and meditation is how we see through this illusion. Can this truth be taken into the worst pain? Or into minor irritations? Can we master the experience of being able to distinguish between pain and suffering…
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Remembering 9/11
9/11 Shock Waves Today I watched the 9/11 memorial, similar to the time I watched 8 years ago, on Good Morning America. I sat with my 9 month old babies, talking on the phone to my husband. I watched at the moment, Charlie Gibson, was getting alarmed at the live sight of planes crashing into…
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RedFlame DeepWater (pt.5): Me, Pain & Suffering
How do we deal pain & suffering in life? The RedFlame from my previous poems is symbolic of events that can enter our lives suddenly, but can also do a slow burn on us each day. Death, trauma, loss are big events. But there are also daily irritations when we are impatient and angry with…
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RedFlame DeepWater (pt. 4): Dark Places: Retreat
My series RedFlame DeepWater continues. After the RedFlame of life events burn through your life in unexpected ways, you have the chance for spiritual growth. Progressing in spiritual practice is not devoid of experiences that send you to dark places, with feelings of depression, fear, anxiety. Often, these experiences are more brief, but can be very…
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RedFlame DeepWater (pt.3): Becoming Invisible
After the RedFlame Initiates Destruction in your life and you Return to the Scene to see if you can rebuild what you had, you may realize that it isn’t possible. On the spiritual path, we are given opportunities to grow in awareness, often through painful experiences. During those times, we have the choice to go…