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Ponderings on the Path blog posts focus on what I am thinking about and considering as I journey towards self-discovery and my authentic self.
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We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption
We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons for Moving Through Change, Loss, and Disruption by Kaira Jewel Lingo Was I made for these...
Oct 13, 2022
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Looking for Answers
Spoiler alert: This is a rabbit hole. I have spent most of my life searching for answers. I thought searching for answers is what life...
Oct 12, 2022
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Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles by Rivvy Neshama
I needed this book. After reading several very thought-provoking books in a row that challenged the way I look at my life and all but...
Oct 6, 2022
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Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words by David Whyte
The author dedicated this book to WORDS and their beautiful, hidden, and beckoning uncertainties. I was clearly out of my element with...
Sep 29, 2022
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Reset, Fast Forward, or Pause?
I just finished reading a book in which the author made mention of undertaking an activity that “… hit that life altering, magic reset,...
Sep 28, 2022
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Walking with Buddha: Pilgrimage on the Shikoku 88-Temple Trail by C. W. Lockhart
Having read many accounts of the life-changing nature of The Camino, I have often daydreamed about what I might learn along the way if I...
Sep 22, 2022
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A New Name
For the past week, I’ve been asking myself what’s in a name? My given name is Robin. For the longest time, that is who I thought I...
Sep 21, 2022
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Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art
Several years ago, in an attempt to quiet my fidgeting and distract the constant chatter and running monologues in my mind, a dear friend...
Sep 15, 2022
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Pointing My Bow
Last week I read the book Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo....
Sep 14, 2022
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Eat Sleep Sit: My Year at Japan’s Most Rigorous Zen Temple by Kaoru Nonomura
Have you ever gotten to the point where all you can do is close your eyes and plan your escape? When all you can think about is finding a...
Sep 8, 2022
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Learning In Reverse
Whenever I find myself at a dead end, inevitably of my own doing, I think of Albert Einstein’s sage words: We cannot solve our problems...
Sep 7, 2022
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Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream by William Powers
As described by the Publisher: Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without...
Sep 1, 2022
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Sometimes the lessons are in the lessons.
There is no escaping the obvious. I am a hot mess. For those of you who regularly read my blog posts, you must feel like you’ve been...
Aug 31, 2022
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Random Wisdom
I can’t even remember when it started. It was never a conscious decision. Each morning, as I am having my breakfast, I reach for one of...
Aug 24, 2022
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The Upanishads, Mel Robbins, and Rumi
If you have been reading this blog for the past couple of weeks, you have been reading about my fears and struggles. Though I know my...
Aug 22, 2022
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Life Lessons I Missed
Have you ever had one of those a-ha moments when you realized that something very well known to others was a complete mystery to you? A...
Aug 15, 2022
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Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker: A Humble Stumble Toward Simplicity and Grace by J. Brent Bill
Having recently read The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd by Mary Rose O'Reilley, I was...
Aug 12, 2022
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First, Last, and Love
It is time to make a change. I have been thinking about change, feeling the need for change, following the Crumbs leading to change, and...
Aug 8, 2022
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The Delphic Maxims: 147 Ancient Rules for a Happy Life
In a previous blog post, I was aghast at an author who sought to: Hold ancient wisdom to the test of modern psychology … Question ancient...
Aug 5, 2022
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Call It What You Like . . .
Happenstance, synchronicity, fate, chance, serendipity, or just plain dumb luck. Those odd occurrences where you find you have what you...
Aug 3, 2022
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What Is Old Is New Again
As I enter a new phase in my life, my thoughts have been filled with the notion of community; it started with a quote in a book I was...
Aug 1, 2022
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The Barn At The End of The World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
I almost didn’t read this amazing book. Both on the back cover copy and again in the publisher notes, the emphasis on O’Reilley’s story...
Jul 29, 2022
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Unplugged
It was not my choice. A worthwhile experience, but painful and unnerving. A heavy thunderstorm, complete with flooding, brought down both...
Jul 27, 2022
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A Community of One?
Without realizing it, I had stopped reading and was looking at the unalome hanging in the window. I had intentionally placed it there as...
Jul 26, 2022
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