I’m standing on Big Frog Mountain just north of the Georgia-Tennessee border, marveling at the crystal bright snow and shuddering in the cold. “Let’s get out of this wind! I’m glad we didn’t camp up here last night.” My hiking partner and I turn to go, heading southward on the Benton MacKaye Trail. My shoulders …
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Observing Myself in Victimland
It’s scary to think that maybe in myself is contained some of the extreme disconnect that a violent person feels before going on a rampage, even one so heinous as killing someone. I want to deny that I could do something like that, but I have to admit that the feelings are right there. I’m …
My Radical Transformation Worksheet about the Sandy Hook Elementary School Killings
I just DID something about the killings in Connecticutt. Since Friday, when a young man went on a rampage and killed 27 people and himself, I have wondered what I can do about it. Colin Tipping’s article puts into clear words an action that I can whole-heartedly take. In his email to his Radical Living …
“Reflections on “Too much to do”
I am cocreating my future. My waking mind is abuzz with possible activities for the day. I have the privelege of choice because I am blessed with the provision of my basic survival needs. I have shelter, food, love and affection, safety. I have a blank canvas on which to paint my life. Will I …
Four More Years: The Journey Continues
Stand my ground and own my greatness Four years ago, I proclaimed, “I’m going to be prosperous hiking!”I had just finished walking 4,000 and some miles in the previous year. I believed in myself. I knew that I could do anything I wanted. Well, have I done that?Not completely. I have suggestions of what I …
Wayward Posts
I’m testing this to see where this post shows up.
Precious Items
Precious items This week I have help decluttering my house. It’s great having help, however, it takes a strong person to manage my resistance! Some items are hard to let go. Here’s one: A plain, simply functional box. For the uneducated eye it’s a pretty generic piece of furniture. But for me, it’s a metaphor …
Angry with Political Nastiness?
Do a Worksheet! That’s a Radical Forgiveness Worksheet. Get one at http://www.colintipping.com/free_stuff In about ten minutes you can feel lighter, less nasty, and miraculously peaceful and accepting of the person who upset you! Are you willing to take action to shift the energy of politics? Would you rather maintain the blame and separation of …
Soul Time
To everything there is a season” seems apparent today. In a relationship, until it’s time for my beloved to really hear something in his heart, it won’t be heard. And yet, maybe when it’s heard is the perfect time because that’s when it’s heard. In soul time there is no time but now
Unopened Gifts
I’m always stumped when I offer a gift to people I know and they don’t open it. My mind races with reasons they could have. A veritable whirlwind of thoughts spins around in that space I see in my mind’s eye as my head. But, no matter how much I think about it, the truth …