Posted in Family, Photos, health, life, quotes, tagged Delores Hines, Eden Joi, Henri Nouwen, Sage, Tori Amos on July 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.” -Henri Nouwen
“When we become aware that we do [...]
Posted in Growth, health, life, quotes, tagged Broken Elliptical, Horizon Elliptical E500, Ignoring what is broken, Jessamyn West, W.H. Auden on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don’t it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.” -Jessamyn West
“Choice of attention- to pay attention to this and ignore that- is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible [...]
Posted in health, life, tagged gratefulness through pain, migraine, obligation to my guilt on July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, while having dinner with a friend, a migraine had overtaken all thoughts, conversation, and movement. It felt like my mind had turned into a big pile of goo. Normally, things are funny and light hearted, but human touch and jokes became my worst enemy. Everything good became painful & nauseating, and everything crummy remained [...]
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