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Stay open, forever.

Posted on February 11, 2014 by admin

Anything is possible. Stay open, forever, so open that it hurts, and then open up some more, until the day you die, world without end, amen.  -George Saunders I have had teachers throughout my life. Thinking back, it was my … Continue reading →

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Coming alive.

Posted on February 9, 2014 by admin

But what if the prince is meant to be a metaphor? –Justine Musk A metaphor for what, I thought. And then I read the rest of the passage. . . . When you fight your way through painful experience, when you … Continue reading →

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Buh-bye Big C.

Posted on January 30, 2014 by admin

What if the symptoms of my illness are trying to heal me?                     -Marion Woodman & Jill Mellick, Coming Home to Myself Yep, it’s gone. All gone. 100%. Confirmed by my rock-star … Continue reading →

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And so it stayed.

Posted on January 28, 2014 by admin

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anaïs Nin I’ve made it a habit to choose a word each new year to guide me … Continue reading →

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Happy good fortune day.

Posted on January 27, 2014 by admin

Good fortune and bad luck are always tied together with invisible, unbreakable thread. -Alice Hoffman, Survival Lessons Do we have cancer-surgery anniversaries? Is that unseemly? Perhaps so, but I’m in the other camp. I think it’s okay, well, at least … Continue reading →

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Do it. Now.

Posted on January 24, 2014 by admin

The shoemaker’s children go barefoot.                                                           -Old English Proverb Those of us with … Continue reading →

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Double happiness.

Posted on January 23, 2014 by admin

Don’t move the way fear makes you move. Move the way love makes you move. Move the way joy makes you feel.  -Osho There’s a Chinese character for double happiness. I’ve long thought of it as the talisman for my … Continue reading →

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Poeming it out.

Posted on January 23, 2014 by admin

Trying, tiring. Ministrations. Frustrations. Learning, opening, calm. Repeat. Again and again. And once more. Patience. Lessons. Who the heck writes a poem about her surgical drains? Me, that’s who.

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Going up the Down Escalator

Posted on January 22, 2014 by admin

Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – Rumi I saw this Rumi quote recently. I love it. Except … Continue reading →

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The no-cry zone.

Posted on January 18, 2014 by admin

“Rough patch.  Holding it together by a string and cried at work this morning.  So maybe that’s my authentic self coming through.”           -Me, in an email, November 7, 2013. Those who know me really well … Continue reading →

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