Not everyone has the same view of living a long life as I do. Had my grandfather been born three months earlier, he would have lived in three centuries – the 19th, 20th and 21st century. Instead, born in March 1901, when he died at 110 in 2011 he had only lived in the 20th … Read more
Mindfulness is not about religion. Or is it? Look at what Abraham Lincoln and the Dalai Lama say about their religion: Abraham Lincoln: “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad… that’s my religion” The Dalai Lama: “My religion is simple..my religion is kindness” Mindfulness involves heartfulness: kindness we … Read more
At a recent follow-up session with participants from a Mindfulness workshop, one of the participants provided feedback on her experience washing the dishes mindfully. She had chosen this as a daily task that she would do mindfully – she would really be present and attend to what she was doing. Rather than spending the time … Read more
With gratitude to Bernadette Brady for capturing week of celebration for our Associate Anne Courtney Gathered at a table, We women of a certain age Have come together Through threads of circumstance and friendship In each life of half a century or so there are tales words, wounds, paths taken-and not… There have been moments … Read more