Journal of Sacred Work

Acceptance

  • Days 141-142 Acceptance

    Note: This insightful reflection is offered by Terry Chapman PhD Why, oh why, is it so hard to let things go?  And to let people go?  We will always have them with us in spirit, but as humans, we try… Continue reading

  • Days 79-80 For Everything, Which Is, Yes

    “…For Everything/ Which Is Natural / Which Is Infinite/ Which Is Yes…” ~e.e.cummings   Resistance…translates into no, a “no” to life. I think of the many ways we can resist life; avoid, push away, protect, defend, attack, fear intimacy. Tension… Continue reading

  • Days 12 & 13 – Places of Acceptance?

    The choice for America’s charities is be places staffed by people who understand how to evaluate and treat, but do not judge and discriminate. The challenge for caregivers is to learn the difference between diagnosis and judgmental thinking. Continue reading

  • Feeling Welcome

    The protagonist in “The Swimmer” is not really welcome anywhere because he has not welcomed himself into his own body. As he searches for acceptance outside, we know he will never find it because he has not accepted himself inside.… Continue reading