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Happy New Year

Happiness is where we begin, not something we’ve earned at the end. We get to be happy now, right in the midst of it all as it unfolds. Happiness is not selfish, nor is it at the expense of others. (If my neighbor is suffering, I can’t truly be happy.) Happiness involves caring about and […]

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Dreams, not deficiencies

Is there something in your life that you are dissatisfied with? Do you wish for more, in some area? If you’re looking through the lens of possibility, these are called dreams. And they’re awesome. On the other hand, if you are lookng at those same things as problems, they’re called deficiencies. And now they’re painful. […]

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Which state do you live in?

If we’re trying to solve problems, we will be given problems to solve. We will live in problem state. If we’re curious and hold a state of wonderment, we will be given possibilities to explore. We will live in possibility state. The thing is, our externals haven’t really changed — we have. And now, so […]

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Choose. Then choose again.

I’ve been “getting through” lately. This unending winter, oh ffs the ice hasn’t even gone off the lakes yet and everything is still mud. Living out of boxes, in yet another move as part of an extended transition. Chronic pain that is usually quieter has been yelling at me instead. I’m getting so mentally grumpy […]

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Just laying here. Feeling beautiful.

In today’s A Course In Miracles for Badasses app by Pam Grout, I am reminded of a story I had once heard but since forgotten. And it totally turned my morning around: Robert Holden is an amazing British author and A Course In Miracles teacher. He shares that when his daughter was four, he found […]

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