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Archive for the ‘Living your Purpose’ Category

  • Live Your Yoga

    13 May 2016

    Live your yoga. That’s what my yoga instructor says when she ends class. I’ve been harried lately (please don’t send Lady Gillettes, that’s not what I mean). I’m inundated preparing for a June art exhibit, taking on a new medium and managing multiple travel plans. It’s made daily living ripe for chaos and slip-ups. In […]

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  • While I Was Busy Being Someone Else – Power of the Redux

    29 Apr 2016

    (This share is over 3 1/2 years old and the 2nd post I ever wrote for  “The Art of The Well Lived Life.” It was, in essence, my coming out post. I had some startling realizations While I was Busy Being Someone Else. I still feel this post relevant and poignant. Hoping, on this day, you […]

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  • The Price of Giving Too Mucho

    15 Apr 2016

    (Since I’m on an undisclosed beach in Mexico, filling my own cup, (and draining the occasional shot glass) I thought you might like to read this again…or even for the first time, because I’ll bet you’ve been here, too – not the beach, but the place where you’ve given too mucho) My cup is almost […]

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  • Life is a Poem

    08 Apr 2016

                    It’s April – National Poetry Month. I’ve been spending March and  April writing haiku – a form of Japanese poetry, in preparation for my upcoming June art exhibit with the talented Judy Jacobs titled “See it with Words.”  This exhibit features writing and visual art. It opens […]

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  • No April Fool

    01 Apr 2016

    I may have been a fool in March, but refuse to be an April Fool. No joke. The tail is wagging the dog in Michelle Land, and of course, the tail is my computer addiction and social media. Bear with me. I think I can pull this thing together before the end. Monday a bottle […]

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  • The REAL Picture

    18 Mar 2016

    The REAL Picture There’s a lot of information in the webosphere and a lot of should do’s and should be’s. It’s almost like we’re being told how to live a life; like we wouldn’t otherwise know how! It’s easy to get the impression you’re not cool enough, clever enough or happy enough. Hmmm….let me tell […]

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  • Give Me Room

    11 Mar 2016

    Give Me Room Give me room To be who I am To think how I think To believe what I believe Give me permission To be different from you To share those ideas To listen to yours Give me acceptance To walk in my light Extend me respect You know I’m your sister Allow me […]

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  • The Path’s Purpose

    01 Jan 2016

    Have the planets aligned? It’s New Year’s Day and a perfect chance for me to harangue you with a bunch of questions, like “What’s your word for 2016?” “What big, audacious goals are on your horizon?” “What steps do you have planned to achieve your dreams this year?” or “What’s your New Year’s Resolution?” Not. […]

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  • An Equation for Self-Worth

    18 Dec 2015

    I don’t want to write today. This fine morning, I have a choice. I’ve written this blog for you for over 3 years – I think – but I’m not good at math, really. Well, except in the idiot savant sense, when I baffle and amaze…but I’m veering off track. I always post on Friday. […]

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  • YOU – Get Off Your High Horse!!!

    11 Dec 2015

    Yeah, you – you self-righteous, name-calling, fear mongering, judgmental … YOU! Can’t we change the focus….please? I’ve seen YOU on my social media feed and some of YOU on my television. I’ve heard your fears being, not just shouted, but shrilly wailed from the roof tops. You’re divisive. Your insistence we break into camps helps […]

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  • Lightening the Load

    06 Nov 2015

    There’s been something on my mind lately. It has to do with lightening the load, letting the past go, forgiveness. Basically, it’s about not dragging your baggage behind you…forever. I’ve wanted to write about it, but realized I’ve written something similar before and I don’t want to be redundant. Let me repeat that, I don’t […]

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  • Wanting What’s Best

    16 Oct 2015

    Just because we want it, doesn’t mean it’s the best thing for us. You may want to read that again. This point was driven home this week when I had a conversation with a friend. She was wondering how to deal with some “crazy spirited” extended family members. You know the old saying,”You can pick […]

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  • The Price of Giving Too Much

    02 Oct 2015

    My cup is almost empty. There’s no more wind in my sails. I can only think in trite clichés. I’ve given pretty much all of it away. I’d like to think I’m a bottomless-well, serving buckets of goodwill, assistance and cheer to everyone I meet – but it’s a negligent practice that can lead to […]

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  • Potential is the Pits

    25 Sep 2015

    Several weeks ago, I put an avocado pit in some water with some toothpicks to steady it. It sprouted and grew several glossy, healthy leaves. A friend came by and said (sort of sarcastically), “Oh, GREAT in 20 years you can have some avocados.” But, that was not at all the point. The point was: […]

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  • Burn Notice – Insights from Burning Man

    11 Sep 2015

    Insight comes in unusual places. In the middle of a desert, I suppose one would expect a few good insights. Jesus found and resisted temptation in a desert. In Paulo Coehelo’s “The Alchemist” the desert stood between the characters and their dreams, until they learned to embrace its offerings. Insights in the desert – I […]

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  • Silence

    04 Sep 2015

    (This post is republished from 9/1/15 – still pertinent. I hope you enjoy. As always, your comments and thoughts are welcome. We learn through sharing.  ~m ) Silence is priceless. It’s a precious space where the feet of our souls, not the soles of our feet, find solid ground. In silence we can contemplate, innovate, […]

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