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,...
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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.
Life on the Path blog posts deal with the day-to-day realities and challenges of living an intentioned life.
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- Sep 14, 2022
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....
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- Aug 22, 2022
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...
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- Aug 15, 2022
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...
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- Aug 8, 2022
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...
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- Aug 1, 2022
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...
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- Jul 26, 2022
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...
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- Jul 11, 2022
Longing to Belong
I was afraid. Fear crept in, silently, before I even realized it, feeling like the fog in the famous Carl Sandburg poem: The fog comes on...
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- Jul 4, 2022
Stories and Compassion
Weariness is palpable. The divisions and mistrust in the world today seem to be growing, taking sides, with polarizing options, this or...
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- Jun 27, 2022
I Needed a Thinky
“Thinky.” a word used when you need to pause and think something through before you respond, was created by my nephew when he was about 6...
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- Jun 6, 2022
A Unifying Principle
It was all I could think about. I had been very deeply hurt by someone I love and care about. I was angry, and having a hard time...
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- May 31, 2022
Too Much of A Good Thing?
Molly Katzen’s cookbook The Enchanted Broccoli Forrest started it all. As a newly minted vegan, I bought the cookbook to learn how to...
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- May 24, 2022
Conundrums and Contradictions
Lately, my life has been filled with contradictions, situations in which inconsistent elements are present. Unfortunately, this is...
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- May 17, 2022
Perspective
Last week, I had an encounter with someone I love and care about that did not go well, despite my truest intentions. I replayed the...
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- May 10, 2022
The Rearview Mirror
One of the most popular Bible verses is found in Matthew Chapter 7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and...
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- May 3, 2022
The Pretense of Accidents. What???
I can’t tell you how many time in my life I have faced the proverbial fork in the road. Honestly, I gave up counting. The frustrating...
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- Apr 26, 2022
The Enemy Near
For some, life’s quest is a call to action, which seems noble and romantic. I, however, have never heard its call, at least that I am...
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- Apr 19, 2022
The Great Untangling . . .
For most of my life, Euclid was my hero. Euclid theorized that the shortest distance between any two points was a straight line. This...
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- Mar 8, 2022
We All Do It.
But Where Does It Come From? I do it all the time, yet I never really stopped to think it through until yesterday. Why yesterday? Another...
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- Mar 1, 2022
Perfectly Imperfect
I have spent most of my adult life in pursuit of perfection. per·fec·tion - /pərˈfekSH(ə)n/ noun the condition, state, or quality of...
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- Feb 22, 2022
It’s Never What You Think
Don’t you just hate when you miss the obvious? One of the Happiness Habits I adopted early on was waving. Yes indeed, plain old waving....
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- Feb 15, 2022
The Longest Journey . . .
Hadley and I walk every morning, and one of our favorites walks is along the County Road that runs in front of our house. On these...
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