Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.”
- Pema Chodron
A few days ago I happened upon the quote above and it [...]
December 8 Moment of peace. An hour or a day or a week of solitude. What was the quality of your breath? The state of your mind? How did you get there?
I am an introvert and peace and quiet is a must for me. Occasionally I have to pull the shades and walk around in [...]
I found this blog tonight with some resolutions that inspired me. Below are a few of my favorites. What are your resolutions?
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I wanna have pride like my mother has,
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad.
~ from The Perfect Space by The Avett Brothers
The lyrics above really touched me at the concert the other night. I have always respected my mother and thought she could do no wrong but as I have [...]
Tonight I saw The Avett Brothers at the beautiful Palace Theater in Louisville. It was great! They are so much fun to watch live. I highly recommend checking them out if they are touring near you.
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If you have been following along on our grand road trip here, you may be wondering where we are since I left us in Portland. Not only did we make it through Yellowstone and Colorado but we have been home a couple of weeks now and are working on getting back into our routines.
I have [...]
In the past week, we drove through the Yukon again, took the Stewart-Cassiar highway and drove from Watson Lake in the Yukon to Prince George in British Columbia, spent three days in Vancouver, BC, one night in Seattle, a hike in the Mount Rainier National Park and we are now in Portland, OR for a [...]
It is the end of the second week and we have been to Fairbanks, Talkeetna, Anchorage, Seward and Homer and we are now back in Tok getting ready to start the second part of the trip back through British Columbia to Vancouver, Seattle, Portland and so on. Although we really wanted to experience Alaska, we [...]
When I last left off, I was in Fort Nelson in a hotel, rested and ready to hit the road again. And that is what we did. We drove and drove and drove the past few days and have finally made it to Fairbanks Alaska!
The drive from Fort Nelson to Whitehorse was long and I [...]
We have been on the road less than a week and I can’t believe how much we have seen and done. The first few days was just driving and although it made for long days it wasn’t bad. Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota were all new for me and I found them all to be [...]
