Tag Archives: Reflection
Reflections on Humanity #13
It has been a very strange experience today watching the town of Presevo Serbia return to normalcy. Yesterday morning we were inundated with the press of people seeking refugee. Before they can find that refuge in Europe, they must … Continue reading
Followreflections on Humanity #12
What a day it has been. There has been a dramatic shift from the mood in Presevo this morning until evening. For awhile this morning, it looked like we would be entirely overrun by people seeking refuge. Everyone seemed agitated … Continue reading
Reflections on Humanity #10
After my second day of work with the Mikser House project here in Belgrade, I am really noticing the contrast the situation in Vienna. In Vienna, the railway station was constantly buzzing with the activity of a couple thousand people … Continue reading
Reflections Upon Humanity #3
What a night and what an immersion into the refugee situation! About 1am as we were concluding a beautiful circle in which friends were expressing their exhaustion and their learnings from the past two weeks of intensity, we received news … Continue reading
June 25, 2015 Tui Spain
Sometimes it seems like life is insistent upon reminding me of my calling to hold space for pain. And I wonder what this means. What am I to do when I encounter someone in pain?
Yesterday I … Continue reading
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Tagged camino, Camino Reflections, Holding Space, Reflection, Sacred Outsider
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Questions from the Global South
Its been four months now that I have been in India and China with the intention of “preparing the field” and it feels like it is time to be harvesting some learnings from this journey. My hesitance and procrastination suggest … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of Hosting, China, questions, Reflection
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Camino Reflection #2
What is going on with me? I am in my last weeks of life in La Grande, the completion of a huge chapter of my life, almost 38 years! Shouldn’t I be reflecting more upon the emotional aspects of this … Continue reading
Why Stay?
Today is the one year anniversary of my leaving CHD after 35 years of wresting with the question of “Why stay?”. So, I love this reflection from Meg Wheatley. What she says resonates with my experience for years of staying … Continue reading
Posted in Inspirational Writing, Reflection
Tagged Margaret Wheatley, Perseverence, Reflection
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Solitude
In my current preoccupation with developing this website I have been contemplating the photo in the page header above (gotta use a bit of that techno-lingo that I have been struggling so hard to attain). There is something that … Continue reading