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Day 14 – Answer Quick, God!
We cannot hear the energy of God/Love in the middle of hurrying. As some sage has said, speed is not like the devil, it is the devil. Love appears only when we are fully present. Continue reading
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Days 12 & 13 – Open Forum – Flying Kites
The weekend provides an opportunity to reflect on the close of the first two weeks of this year of Living Love. Now is the time when early resolutions can begin to fade. In the course of evaluating balance,… Continue reading
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Day 11 – Begin Again – Thoughts on Personal Commitment to Love
I understand personal commitment to be a quality of voluntarily fulfilling, an obligation. An obligation seems to be generally regarded as something that is legally or morally compelling. What makes personal commitment “personal” is the voluntary aspect. Continue reading
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Day 10 – Trusting Love
She’s one of the most admired charity leaders in Tennessee and I’ve referred to her often – partly because she has a way of speaking in quotable phrases. So I listened carefully after I asked Rev. Becca Stevens (left) founder… Continue reading
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Day 9 – Preparing for Commitment – Continued
Whether our lives are suffused with bitterness, hate and apathy or flooded with compassion and Love, these things will be revealed in our lives and who we are. Even those who are skillful at hiding their hate will always disclose… Continue reading
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Day 8 – Preparing Ourselves for Change
Most of us just “dabble” in the inward journey. We travel a few inches into the difficult territory of the soul, then turn and retreat when the going gets tough. Perhaps this is the reason we’re so attracted to surface… Continue reading
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Day 7 – Living Loving Relationships Through Sacred Encounters
Radical Loving Care is centered in relationships. The Sacred Encounter is, itself, a concept of engaging Love’s power to transform an ordinary encounter into a sacred one. As I wrote above, to accomplish a Sacred Encounter, we must be open… Continue reading
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Day 6 – Caring Circles
On Friday, five of us gathered in the Serenity Room at work for a “meditation break” The energy level of our group was high resulting in spontaneous conversation and laughter that needed release before we could settle down into stillness. Continue reading
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Day 5 – Living Love
[The following post was composed by Cathy Self, Sr. V.P. of the Trust] There are [also] many things that lie hidden in my conscience which are known and manifest to God, even though they may be unknown and obscure to… Continue reading
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Day 4 – Love: What’s In It For You?
Why would I want to engage in an activity that involves the disappearance of my ego? After all, isn’t my ego who I am? These are soul-shaking questions. The most encouraging answers come not so much from the famous as… Continue reading
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