Mindfulness
One of the most interesting and uplifting findings around living a long, joyful, healthy life is the power of awe: putting ourselves in the presence of whatever inspires us with awe on a regular basis and then allowing ourselves to become not only curious, but overwhelmed with wonder, reverence, and admiration. The world is filled…
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I am not a knic-knak person, but this bowl…. I loved the autumnal colors, the perfect size, the understated elegance of it so much that I hung it below the mantel in my dining room. There was nothing striking or attention grabbing about the bowl, yet somehow it brought the room to coherence. Our dining…
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One of the things I have noticed more acutely over the past couple of months, as the world as I have known it has shifted daily, was how much more time I was spending on social media, as well as how…frankly, yucky I was feeling as I did. I had done this social media experiment…
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Poetry has a way of saying to our hearts and spirits what is beyond everyday language. In the wake of the 1000 Year Flood here in South Carolina, I offer the poetry of Judy Brown. This particular poem has offered solace, comfort, while strengthening the hearts of many, many souls over the years. May it…
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Every few years, I randomly pull one or two of my old notebooks/journals/lifebooks off the shelf in the back of my closet and revisit my former self, mining the pages for forgotten wisdom and insights. I have been regularly keeping these notebooks, a combination of reflections, mementoes, sketches, wonderings, ideas and drafts, for more…
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My almost two-year old granddaughter is fascinated with rocks. Each week when she visits, she asks to go outside, then charges directly to my vegetable garden, the path through which is made of rocks, stones, and pebbles. She squats down and carefully picks up and examines one rock after another. Some go into her…
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An ongoing series of posts around Ways of Being that contribute to our becoming whole and healed in heart and mind, body and soul, that support wholehearted engagement with life: relationships, family, work, and world. Curiosity is a quality of mind and heart that prepares human-beings to more easefully transform themselves into their highest possible…
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Being human means we are continuously faced with transitions of one sort or another: predictable and unexpected, joyful and painful, easeful and challenging. A big life question is: how can we learn to navigate through change, living lives of resilience and transformation, even transcendence, rather than of so much frustration, reactivity and stuckness? Navigational support…
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Well, I named my business Wisdom Scout, not because I think I am wise, but because I truly enjoy exploring for wisdom. I revel in the entire process of inquiry, discovery, investigation and experimentation, and, finally, synthesis of wise ways of living, leading, and honoring life’ passages. I have lived my life as a…
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My husband has a large and loving family. And it has been the tradition for a long time that we host Thanksgiving dinner. What was once a clan of 12 – 18 has grown to include most years more than 30 dear, wonderful relatives from ages 86 years young to a couple of weeks old.…
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Christy loves to scout for wisdom in being a flourishing, joyful, compassionate, and loving human being.