Thrive during a challenge
- Apr 01, 2020
- By Kimberly Davidson
- In aliveness, Allowing, authentic, Beauty, Becoming, Being Seen, belief, Character, choice, Face your fears, Focus, Never Give Up, Safety, Uncategorised
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It’s Possible to Feel Safe
- Jul 23, 2019
- By katalyst
- In belief, Care, Caring, Comfort, compassion, connection, Courage, Healing, Intimacy, Love, Safety, Uncategorised
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I GIVE MYSELF PERMISSION TO HEAL
- Apr 23, 2019
- By katalyst
- In Attention, Be Heard, Beginning, Being Seen, belief, Care, Comfort, compassion, Courage, Emotions, Forgive, Freedom, Grieving, Healing, Help, Honesty, Honor, Inner Strength, Integrity, Permission, PTSD, Safety
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September 25 – To Hunt or Hide – Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
- Sep 25, 2018
- By katalyst
- In acceptance, aliveness, Awareness, belief
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“If to hunt or hide is twin-edged madness, then faith’s the courage to risk and receive. I close my eyes and am impaled by light….” Robert Mason We spend so much of our time on Earth running after or running from. In our want of love, we chase after someone…
May 10 – The Edge of Centre – Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
- May 10, 2018
- By katalyst
- In acceptance, aliveness, Awareness, balance, Beauty, belief
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“All tempest has, like a navel, a hole in its middle, through which a gull can fly, in silence.” Fourteenth Century Japanese, Anonymous From across the centuries, this nameless voice tells us that at the heart of all struggle there is a peaceful enduring centre, if we can only reach…
Before fixing what you’re looking at, check what you’re looking through. It was a beautiful sun filled day. I had driven 300 miles to see her. She was ninety- and had been in one room for close to eight months. I was her first-born grandson and she was so happy…
May 2 – Live in Your Hands – Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
- May 02, 2018
- By katalyst
- In acceptance, aliveness, Awareness, Beauty, belief
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Live in your hands and your mind will learn to bow like a root. Several years ago, while doing a poetry reading in New York City, I encountered an angry young man who had just seen a woman mugged. He was so enraged he wrote a poem on the spot.…
April 30 – One Constant Arrival – Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
- Apr 30, 2018
- By katalyst
- In acceptance, aliveness, Awareness, Beauty, belief
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“Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey and the journey itself is home.” Basho Twelve years ago, as my journey through cancer was beginning, my grandmother was dying. I didn’t know I had cancer, but I believe…
“Wrapped within young leaves: the sound of water.” Soseki This delicate observation by this Japanese poet is filled with the quiet hope that embedded in our nature, even as we begin, is our gift already unfolded. Embedded in the seed is the blossom. Embedded in the womb is the child…
Apri 28 – Wu Feng – Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening
- Apr 28, 2018
- By katalyst
- In acceptance, aliveness, Awareness, Beauty, belief, Change
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In the end, it is not enough to think what we know. We must live it. For only by living it can Love show itself as the greatest principle. The way that heat allows ice to thaw and irrigate the earth, so our capacity to embody what we know –…