Martha Graham offered this brilliant advice–these famous words–when, according to Agnes de Mille: “I was bewildered and worried that my entire scale of values was untrustworthy. … I confessed that I had a burning desire to be excellent, but no faith that I could be. Martha said to me, very quietly, There is a vitality, [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Wisdom'
Keep The Channel Open
February 9, 2010
Time Is On My Side… Yes it is
February 7, 2010
“Chronos is clocks, deadlines, watches, calendars, agendas, planners, schedules, beepers. Chronos is time at her worst. Chronos keeps track. …Chronos is the world’s time. Kairos is transcendence, infinity, reverence, joy, passion, love, the Sacred. Kairos is intimacy with the Real. Kairos is time at her best. …Kairos is Spirit’s time. We exist in chronos. We [...]
Sacred G and The Way of the Heart
February 3, 2010
I wrote the first passage in October 2008 on a call with a group of women writers with whom I have written, off and on, for many years. My heart has taken command of my life, of late. After years of being ignored and pushed aside like a nagging, insistent child by a mother who [...]
Writing to Get Right
February 2, 2010
I’m taking another shot at National Blog Posting Month. February seems the perfect time for it. I’m in the mood to write and it’s a short month. I love the idea of daily blogging. I have been writing Morning Pages, a la Julia Cameron, every day save two or three for over seven years now. [...]
More on Magic
January 14, 2010
I have had a nagging feeling there was more to say about 2010 being a year of magic so I looked up the journal entry I wrote on the morning of New Year’s Day when I first posed the question: So what about this fresh new year? This is the year of Magic. The year [...]
2010 ~The Year of Magic
January 11, 2010
I like to check in with myself as each year begins to get a sense of what the theme is for the year-to-come. Last year my intuition was very clear that it would be a year of miracles. And without question, miracles occurred. One after another. Some came wrapped in the cloaks of challenges. Others [...]
Celebrating the Fruits of Summer 2009
September 21, 2009
Today is the last full day of summer. The Sun is about to enter the final degree of Virgo. Mercury is retrograde and the Moon is, once again, waxing. Beginnings and endings coalesce and caress the senses. Every open door we enter marks the end of that which came before. I love summer. I have [...]
Eclipses, Emotions and Sacred G
August 10, 2009
I have spoken to so many people over the past week who are feeling upset about one thing or another. These are people who are normally pretty rational, together types who are finding themselves whipped into a dramatic frenzy about something that has either felt like a personal affront, or completely baffled them. I was [...]
Rx For Living Well
July 27, 2009
Time, energy, attention and money. These are the precious personal resources of our lives. Too often, I find mine have disappeared without me even noticing until they are gone. I feel that the process of getting to know and accept oneself wholeheartedly is essential to understanding one’s values and value as an individual. We have [...]
NoMoNaBloPoMo ~Live True
July 25, 2009
I had blogging on my mind yesterday, off and on all day. I had blogged nine straight days. I was proud of my efforts and knew that being almost a third of the way there, I could accomplish my NaBloPoMo goal of a blog post a day for thirty days running. The thing is, though, [...]
