Source of inspiration: Plumbing mishap
So the year ends on an exciting note. A pipe cracked underneath my kitchen sink this morning. Water shot everywhere.
I panicked, of course. But only for a moment.
Sitting there with my finger in the pipe–my tiny finger against the full pressure of the four stories above me–I [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Day 35 (2007-12-31): The flood
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, be present, blame, choice, choices, flooding, floods, inspiration, life, mistakes, panic, Peace, plumbing, present, pressure, victim on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Day 34 (2007-12-30): Resistance
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, adventure, being present, energy, exercise, habits, life, momentum, overcoming resistance, Peace, presence, resistance on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ah, resistance.
(How ironic–or is it perfect?–that today’s experience immediately follows yesterday’s post about flow…)
Today was the first day in my 100 Days of Peace that I experienced strong resistance to posting. The honeymoon is over. The novelty has worn off. I smile as I write this because the key to overcoming this resistance was for [...]
Day 32 (2007-12-28): Obligation vs. opportunity
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, attention, inspiration, life, obligation, opportunity, paradigm, paradigms, Peace, personal growth, perspective, play, pressure, spiritual growth, spirituality on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This morning I found myself at a loss for a topic to blog about. I noticed that the more I felt the need to be inspired, the less inspired I felt. I was creating pressure for myself. It was a paradigm of obligation that was shutting me down.
An alternative paradigm is one of opportunity. So [...]
Day 31 (2007-12-27): The structure of rituals and routines
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, choice, conscious choice, daily rituals, exercise, judgment, life, meditation, obligation, Peace, power of structure, rituals, routines, sadness, should, slacking off, structure on December 27, 2007 | 5 Comments »
A few months ago I stopped doing all but a few of my daily rituals–things like exercise, meditation, etc. I stopped because I noticed there was a strong feeling of “should” around those rituals. When I did them I felt like a good person, and when I didn’t do them I felt like a bad [...]
Day 30 (2007-12-26): Perspective
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, choice, future, inspiration, life, mirror, One, Peace, perspective, relationships, Richard Bach, romance on December 26, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Source of inspiration: One by Richard Bach
Last night I revisited One, and was struck by the idea of perspective.
It reminded me of a time several years ago when I ended a romantic relationship with a woman that I cared for deeply. I knew it was the right thing to do for both of us, and [...]
Day 27 (2007-12-23): Namaste (Blessing, Part 2)
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, acknowledgment, blessing, Deepak Chopra, inspiration, Kartik Singh, life, namaste, Oneness, Peace, soul, spiritual practice on December 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Comments on Day 26 Post
Kartik Singh mentioned Deepak Chopra’s suggested practice of saying the word “namaste” silently to ourselves each time we interact with someone. It means “my soul respects and acknowledges your soul.”
This moves me as a powerful acknowledgment of the Oneness of everything. We can extend Chopra’s practice to all [...]
Day 26 (2007-12-22): Blessing
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, BetterToBless.com, bless, blessing, Christmas, dysfunctional family, family, life, opportunity, Peace on December 22, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Source of inspiration: BetterToBless.com
I found a website recently that invites visitors to join a 30-day blessing challenge. The idea is to bless everyone and everything for 30 days. People you interact with, people you think of, the situations you are in, everything.
Today I am at a family Christmas lunch. Like most families, mine has its [...]
Day 23 (2007-12-19): Space (Reactive relationships, Part 2)
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, conceptual, experiential learning, life, Peace, reactive pattern, reactive relationships, relationships, slowing down, space on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I want to continue with yesterday’s practice today. What I noticed yesterday is that this reactive pattern doesn’t just happen in the extremes, but also in the mundane. This may sound obvious conceptually, but again, it’s the experiential learning that I’m talking about here.
For example, just in normal conversation there are reactive patterns. Word choice, [...]
Day 22 (2007-12-18): Reactive relationships
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, acting, actor, awareness, choice, discussion, Eckhart Tolle, emotional reaction, emotional response, emotions, empowerment, inner peace, inspiration, life, Peace, proactive, reactive, relationships, spaciousness, The Power of Now on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: Power of Now discussion group
Last night during the Power of Now discussion group, a question came up of how one’s growing inner peace might affect his or her relationships. The topic of the discussion was “Not too up, not too down.” If you don’t react in either extreme, what does that do [...]
Day 21 (2007-12-17): Comparison
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, alumni, Anthony Robbins, bless, comparison, connection, consciousness, focus, inspiration, life, negative self-talk, Oneness, Peace, separateness, separation, Tony Robbins, Williams College on December 17, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Source of inspiration: My college’s quarterly alumni newsletter
On Saturday I received the quarterly alumni newsletter from my alma mater. Browsing through it, I noticed some uncomfortable feelings, and behind that, some very negative self-talk.
All the result of comparison.
This person published a book, this person traveled the world, this person just had a baby, etc. It’s [...]
Day 20 (2007-12-16): Uncertainty and unpredictability
Posted in 100 Days of Peace, Peace, uncertainty, tagged breath, children, control, emotional energy, frustration, inspiration, kids, life, Peace, resistance, should, take a breath, uncertainty, unpredictability on December 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: My nieces
I spent this afternoon with my nieces and I decided to pay attention to the resistance I sometimes feel when they act out or are messy. Children are not as restricted as adults by lots of “shoulds” like you shouldn’t leave crayons all over the kitchen floor. And as an adult, [...]
Day 19 (2007-12-15): Fun
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, fun, gathering, life, Peace on December 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I am at a gathering of wonderful friends this evening, and I just now remembered to post today. For the rest of this evening, I will be aware of fun. The fun that I experience, the fun that others experience. And the ways that I and others resist fun and why.
Day 18 (2007-12-14): Can I like myself?
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, absence of war, being, conversation, inner peace, inner space, inspiration, life, Mastermind, mind, Peace, possibility, war on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: A conversation with my Mastermind Group
Last night I was talking about this “I don’t like myself” observation with my Mastermind group, and I saw something interesting. Up until yesterday, I’d been thinking that as long as I didn’t dislike myself, things must be fine.
But I was confusing not disliking myself with liking [...]
Day 17 (2007-12-13): I don’t like myself
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, black-and-white thinking, dating, illogical assumptions, inspiration, life, money, observer, observing, Peace, sadness, self-criticism, single women, women on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Source of inspiration: Thoughts about dating
This morning I was thinking about dating. It went something like this:
“If I go out to places to meet women, most of the single women I meet will be in their early twenties, and I’m too old for them. But if I meet women my age, they won’t be interested [...]
Day 16 (2007-12-12): Creating
Posted in Peace, tagged 100 Days of Peace, A New Earth, creating, Eckhart Tolle, ego, energy, flow, identity, inspiration, life, Peace, stress, struggle, universal intelligence on December 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Source of inspiration: A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Tolle writes: “It is not we who create, but universal intelligence that creates through us. We don’t identify with what we create and so don’t lose ourselves in what we do…Struggle or stress is a sign that the ego has returned.”
How much do I identify with what [...]
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