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Awaken Your Energetic Pathways A Morning Meditation

This is an active meditation, aiming to gently stimulate the 12 Meridians and the two major vessels from the Classical Chinese Medicine tradition, which happily also includes a marvelous spiritual awareness and integration.

This waking meditation may be done still sitting in bed, or a nearby chair, or even on the bathroom throne.  While it is intended to start your day, it can in fact be used to reset your energy any time of the day. The focus and intention is to softly energize and clear all the bodies: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.

Placing the thumb and index fingertips of your right hand alongside the base of the nail bed of your left thumb, gently massage by moving your fingers in a circular motion for a ten count.  You may feel as if you are gently pinching the nail from either side, but your fingertips are not actually on the nail but along the side. Literally count to 10 in your head. Take gentle full breaths while you count. Move on to your index finger, and then the middle, ring and pinky. Starting to think? Brain kicking in? Thank it for sharing, and return your focus to your fingers.  The six arm meridians of Classical Chinese Medicine all have a point on the finger tips. As you massage, you may notice energetic shifts throughout the body.

Once you complete the left hand, switch to the right.  Again, place the fingertips of your thumb and index finger on either side of the base of the nail bed on your right thumb. Using a gentle, circular motion, massage 10 times, and then move on to the index, middle, ring and pinky finger. Some of these places may be a little sore. It is okay, in fact good, to give them a gentle rubbing massage, so keep going.

Next, bend your arms so you can place each thumb at the outside edge of your collar bone, then slide to just beneath it.  Slide your thumb gently along, tracing the collar bone up to the place where it meets the top fo the Y of the chest bone.  Place your pinky fingertip there, and then gently place each finger all along the bottom of the collar bone, ending with thumb resting at the end of the bone, just before the shoulder. Again, some place may be sore, so don’t press really hard. Your fingers will be slightly, gently separated and your hand relaxed and cupped naturally.  Massage in that same gentle, 10 circles, BUT circle towards the left and then do another 10 count towards the right. Remember to keep breathing while you count!

Now the jaw. Place your pinky under your ear, against the flap and the jaw, then gently cup your finger tips along the bottom of jaw.  Your thumb typically ends up resting just after the bend of the jaw bone, if you are using a relaxed hand position.  Move your whole hand in a small circular motion in order to massage with all 10 fingertips.  Massage just ten times, counting in your head.  Thinking again? forgive and move on.

Moving onto the scalp, place your index fingers on the crown of your head, just inside the little dip at the back, with the backs of your index fingers to the outer knuckle touching.  Array your other fingers gently along the top of the head, also touching the opposite finger only up to the outer knuckle. The fingers are gently separated, and will not cover the whole scalp, and your thumbs will be naturally raised up off your head.  Allow your palms to rest on the side of your head, and then move your fingertips in the circular 10 count, first massaging towards the left and then massaging towards the right. Sometimes its easier to remember to breath, if you pace your breathing with your counting; inhale, 2, 3, exhale, 5, 6, inhale, 8, 9, exhale, move to next form.

Move your pinky fingers to the back of your head, just inside the arch at the base of the skull.  The outsides of the pinky fingers touch each other. Now, place your other fingers and the thumb along the base of the skull, tracing the hollow at the base of the skull.  The fingers touch each other on the sides, and the thumb generally ends up just around the corner from the other fingers.  Massage for your 10 count, first towards the left, and then towards the right.  Often, people find very sore spots here, and it is okay to press a little harder (not to hurt) if you find more relief.

Next, move your cupped hands to either side of the breast bone, the sternum. The breast bone has a Y at the top as we discovered when we massaged under the collar bone (3.). Slide your fingers just below that Y, and then splay your fingers wide enough apart to massage the length of the sternum, to just above the taper.  Position your fingertips on either side of the bone, not actually on it and massage in any direction, just 10 circles, but allow the movement to be slightly larger. Move your fingers onto the edge of the bone, and massage again. Slide your fingers together, touching to the first knuckle, and massage another 10 gentle circles.  The center of the breast bone is often very sensitive, especially on women.  If stronger pressure there gives some relief, it is okay to sneak in a second set of 10.  Be mindful of the amount of pressure, and be sure avoid causing pain.

It on to the feet! It is fine to massage your toes through your socks. Bring one calf to rest on top of the opposite thigh.  Just like the fingers, place your thumb and index finger on either side of the nail starting at the base of the nail bed.  Be sure to keep your fingertips off of the nail itself. Massage each toe, gently at the base of the nail bed, 10 times.  Be sure to keep breathing! Repeat with the other leg.

Stand up, shake out. You have just massaged all 12 Meridians and the two major vessels. All your energetic pathways are Awake.

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Quick Morning Meditations

Sometimes, we feel that we don’t have time to meditate, because we are so focused on how much has to be done in a day, so much in the morning routine, the work day and the evening time. So, here is a little set of short meditations, mostly less than a minute in length, where you can ground, and begin your day in mindfulness.

When your alarm goes off, sit up and promise yourself that if you experience challenges in any of your practices, you will be gentle and forgiving. There is no competition here. When your brain starts chattering, it is only reflex: nerve memory. Sit up in bed, and then pause and thank your brain for all it does. Imagine or visualize a vast open, silent place within your brain. There is peace, and safety there. Imagine a sound is here, just one sound: the ringing of a singing bowl, the sound of the sea, a chime --- whatever sound is soothing and non-reactive to your consciousness. Focus for just a couple seconds on this unique place. Take two deep breaths, and notice the path of the air, really feel it as it comes in, down the throat and into the chest. Feel the warmer air pass up your throat and out again.

Once you stand up, pause for a breathing meditation. Let your arms rest by your sides, focus to put your feet flat on the floor. Breath in deeply while counting to 5 inside your head. Then exhale slowly, again counting to 5 inside your head. Repeat 5 times. No thoughts though. Nothing but the counting and the breath.

When brushing your teeth, only focus on your teeth, your gums and the sensation of the brush. If you notice thoughts crowding out your focus, gently put them aside and instead focus on the brush. What sounds? What sensations? What tastes? How does it feel in between the teeth? Your mouth is one of the primary interfaces between your body and the world, as well as your consciousness and the world. As you gently brush, appreciate the wonder of it. As your mind starts to wander into future conversations, daily to do lists, etc., think “not now, thanks”, and focus again on how your brushing feels.

Starting your day with a warm beverage?  Select a cup which has a pleasant ring when touched gently by a spoon. Set your smart phone or kitchen timer for 30 seconds, and then stir your tea or coffee for those 30 seconds, but completely focus on just the stirring, the gentle sound of the spoon against the side of the cup. When those thoughts start crowding in, put them gently aside. Notice instead how your beverage smells, how pleasant the ringing of the spoon and cup can be. Thinking again? Put it aside, and go back to your cup. Throughout the morning, as you drink from a cup, pause a second or two and remember the feeling of peace that focusing on the cup allowed. Even in those couple seconds, your chest will relax.

The morning shower is a great time to practice mindfulness and meditation. As you wash each part of your body, focus completely on it. Think about its purpose; thank it for its service. Pesky to do list popping up? Starting to stress about minutes ticking by? Gently put it aside, thanking your busy brain for trying to keep you on track. Then focus on your soap, your washcloth or poof: the scent, the silky feel, how good your skin feels clean. Notice the energy surge from the water releasing ions as it hits the shower floor. Take a deep breath and appreciate the simple miracle of indoor rain.

Breakfast Grace: before you eat that Grapefruit, Bagel or Bar, take a moment to reflect with Gratitude on the many people who have made that one meal possible: the people who planted the crops, the others who harvested it. The trucker who brought it to distribution sites and the many who cleaned, prepared, packaged this food for you. Pause and be grateful for the bounty of the Earth, that the sun, the rain and the plant kingdom give Life. Pause and be grateful for the Grocery Market workers who unpacked, stocked shelves and checked out your purchase. Such a wonder your breakfast is!

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Prayer for ISIS and All Alienated Peoples

We pray for the Divine Love to fill our own hearts and spirits, that we may embody the values of Forgiveness, Tolerance and Acceptance.

We pray for the Divine Love to fill our spirits and our minds, that we may forget our fears in the ocean of the Divine.

We pray for the Disenfranchised, for all who are alienated from their cultures, their societies and their fellow peoples.  We pray that they may find peaceful means to connect to their own Humanity, and the world around them.  We pray the Divine Love to so fill their hearts, their spirits, their minds that their pain is washed away in the ocean of the Divine.

We pray for this World, so weary in its violence and in its fear.  We pray for all People to be so filled with the certainty of Divine Love, that their fears, anger, alienation and pain may be swept away in the boundless ocean of the Divine.

Amen.  Namaste.  Blessed Be.  Ho.  Shalom.

Please, everyone reading this, speaking this and hearing this, pass it on.  Fill in your own concept of the Divine.

Only Love heals.  Let’s not have political rallies.  Let’s have prayer circles.

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Release

Our intention is a pause for a few moments and Just Breathe.  In order to fully focus, we must first release our external obligations on many levels.  For just these next few minutes, set aside your To Do list, your looming deadlines and weighty responsibilities.  They will keep.  They will wait until we are done here.  When your mind strays back to these, simply acknowledge them and then say to yourself, gently, “no, thank you”.  Then return to our meditation.  This is first level of Release: consciously setting aside burdens, so that growth may continue.  

When we let our Grace resonate into the World, we are releasing it from the burdens which we carry in order to hide ourselves.  Its an odd thing, that we must acknowledge our dark, so that we may shine our light, or in psychological terms, we release our self-judgement in order to be fully realized within the world.  Judgement is the opposite of Release.  Many of us carry burdens from the past, actions both on us and by us, from which we made conclusions about ourselves and life, that we honestly have no intention of releasing.  In fact, we often cling to those judgements, as a tattered and harmful bandage over a perceived frailty within us.

For our pause on purpose today, let’s call ourselves out.  Pick just one thing.  One memory or set of memories, from which we setup a hunter’s blind, to hide a piece of ourselves, from others and from ourselves.  It could be something that we have done, or was done to us.  Either direction yields the same result: a part of ourselves that is hidden from growth, from expression --- a piece of Grace that deserves to be released.

Judgement is the opposite of Release.   Release just one judgement today, by acknowledging what is repressed because of it. What judgement will you release this day?  Write it down. What specific thing can you do to express that piece of you? What Grace will you release to the World by doing it?  Write it down. What results will you see? Will you laugh more? Will you love the cantankerous? Smile in the traffic jam? Honor the sky, the sun or the office tower glinting in the evening’s golden light? When the judgement steps back into your mind and whispers “Stop!”, then say to yourself, gently “no, thank you”. This is the deeper level of release.

Amen. Blessed Be. Namaste. Ho.

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A Meditation on Kindness

Our purpose this morning is a deliberate pause, an intentional opportunity to step out of the pressures of the work week.  This precious 15 minutes of reflection, deliberately slowing the surge of momentum, this is an act of kindness, for ourselves, our families, our friends, our coworkers and everyone with whom we will interact.

Kindness, like patience, is its own reward.  It is not sacrifice, nor is it charity.  Kindness is sharing what is available when and where there is need, but it is a personal action.  Thus, Kindness comes from strength, from what we have within us and before us.  It requires gratitude for what we have, because only by sharing what we value do we express Kindness.

As always, being grounded and relaxed is important to any meditation, active or passive.  Let’s put our feet flat on the floor, sit up straight, and take a couple big breaths.  When we breathe, concentrate on lifting the top 3 ribs towards the chin.  Breathe.  Breathe again.  

Kindness is a uniquely Human expression, because it requires taking action for the benefit of an individual or group for no other reason than it is possible to benefit them positively.  Nature is not Kind, nor are there any examples of natural Kindness.  Nature is detached from individual welfare, whereas Kindness requires not only a strong connection to one’s own worth, but an ability to perceive and honor the worth and the needs of others.

Let’s breathe again, and reflect on that.  Take a nice deep, generous breath.  In, in, in.  Out.  Each inhale slow and deep.  Each exhale an act of relaxation.

Kindness requires us to be in and of the World.  We will not receive Kindness, nor will we have opportunities to express Kindness, unless we interact with others.  Yet, Kindness requires our participation without agenda, or we might miss when someone is being kind or needing a little Kindness.  Thus, a gentle paradox of acting personally without agenda or thought of other reward.  Reflect on this a while.  Let’s look back at any acts of Kindness we have experienced or witnessed.  What determined the quality of Kindness?  

Breathe.  Make sure that the feet are still firm to the floor.  Breathe deeply.  Does Kindness invoke Safety?  Relief?  Joy?  Breathe.  

One last deep breath.  Let’s open our eyes.  As the day, the week, the month gains momentum again, let’s remember where we are strong, confident or secure.  This is our Grace.  This is where we can express Kindness.

Namaste.  Amen.  Blessed be.  Shalom.

-written for Simply Grace, August 2015

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Embracing Technology

The deepest longing of the human heart Transcending space and time To Feel connected And bBe refreshed Stimulated with new ideas Relaxed from transcendant visions

We all need our Tribe.  That’s why we created the Internet.

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Thoughts on Will Pye’s Radical Gratitude Playshop

I’ve been reflecting on Will Pye’s Radical Gratitude Playshop, and really enjoying how easily my take-aways from the session have integrated into my life.  I think its because Will himself truly lives the material he teaches, and often presents concepts and exercises with examples from his own path, his own challenges and his present moment.  Will easily weaves vocabulary from a wide range of spiritual teaching, and then shares his unique and fabulously joyous interaction with these timeless concepts of the Unlimited Self, the Observer, the Soul --- however various traditions have named this infinite concept.

It is this joy, and the strength that comes from laughter, that motivated me once more on the Pathwork.  Why be miserable, when I can embrace each experience for what it gives, rather than what I believe it might have taken?  Will’s certainty of the Observer and of our ability to interact with this Eternity, inspires everyone to reach for the experience.  Gratitude feels scary to the intellect, and Will acknowledges this.  His Playshop presses deep buttons, but his compassionate appreciation for everyone present, regardless of how stuck we were, made for a safe place to contemplate letting go of anger, resentment and pain.  Every example and every experience was acknowledged and gifted with an interpretation that allowed for the temporal truth, while pointing to the Absolute Truth, where Gratitude and Love can be experienced as always present, always Now --- touching Eternity is very possible from Will’s perspective.

Based on how good I felt being bathed in Gratitude for all my experiences, I am back into the habit of noticing my thoughts, and changing the direction from negative to positive.  Will’s little quip about “Some folks seem to have chats in the past, and some folks have future conversations.” was a GREAT moment of clarity for me.  Duh!  That can be negative self-chatter.  Of course it is, I’m talking in my head, and if it is at all judgmental, of myself or others, I have just reinforced a negative concept (or two).  Now, when an experience pops into my head, I look for the Silver Lining --- or at least the Giggle Factor.  Bless, release, move on.  The Playshop is most definitely a constantly reverberating experience for me, and I recommend it for everyone.

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Renewal

Come with us for little moment of peace.  Sit and close your eyes with us.  Let your feet move flat to the floor.  Breathe deeply, and invite your mind to put aside its chatter and worry for just a little while,  just a moment of renewal. Breathe.  Pause.

Here and Now, let’s renew our Spirits through our commitments to a different way of life.

Here and Now, let’s renew our commitment to a Kinder way of life, to a Path of Grace.

Here and Now, let’s renew our commitment to forgive first, before speaking, to hear another’s pain, before judging, to feel gratitude for what we have, before stressing over what we have not.

Here and Now, let’s pause together, and renew ourselves by renewing our commitment to a Spiritual Life.

Breathe deeply.  Reflect.  

Where can Gratitude for what you have ease your stress for this day? Where can acceptance of another soften your defenses today? Where can forgiveness melt your own pain in this moment?

Breathe.  Pause.  Release.

Let’s forgive, together, now.  Let’s accept, together, now.  Let’s be grateful for all we have, together, now.

Come with us. For just a moment. Let’s renew our commitment to Kindness and its vivid energy in our lives. Let’s accept Grace and be renewed.

Namaste.  Amen.  Blessed be.  Shalom.

-written for Simply Grace, May 2015

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Grace, Choice and the Power of Self-Determination

The foundation of a spiritual life is Grace: the bestowal of an intrinsic worth, the ancient concept of human worth not having to be earned.  Thus, our self-love and our love of others is innate, a function of our very existence, both here in the material, manifest world and also in the realm of Spirit.  This is our true freedom.  Our self-love, our self-esteem, our acceptance of ourselves and of each other, does not depend on any exterior behaviors, possessions or accomplishments.

The Spiritual path at its most basic, is to experience our Grace, our Divine Spark.  In Christian terms, it is to ever experience the Love of God and to express that boundless Love.  In Buddhist terms, it is to increase in the knowledge of our Divine Soul, until nothing stands between us and the experience of the Immortal.  This is Freedom.  There are no constraints here.

So, today, let’s take a couple deep breaths, and let’s focus on those places where we withhold our birthright of Freedom, where we are in denial of Grace.  For today, to honor the Freedom of Spirit which we all have, we will walk into the empty places.  Let’s go confidently, together in the knowledge of our souls.  Sit in a relaxed position, and close your eyes.  Take a nice, deep breath.  And then another breath.  Consider this.

The greater our acceptance of Grace, the greater our Freedom.  Faith increases our acceptance of Freedom.  Breathe.  However, we have choice, self-determination over the shape of our lives.  We can reject the Freedom of living from our intrinsic worth. Let’s breathe into that.  Just experience this idea.  Breathe deeply.  Our increasing acceptance of Grace, our increasing experience of Freedom, is the point of our existence.  It is not a failure on our part.  It is our Path: Freedom by Accepting Grace. Let’s take a couple more deeper breaths.  Notice any tension in your body, and allow it soften.  Breathe.  So often our intellects, in trying to make sense of events, decide that our self-love depends upon something external to ourselves, and thus we withhold connecting with our inner worth, withhold ourselves from experiencing happiness, waiting until something: financial security, the right job, the right social status, etc.  This is slavery.  Breathe gently but deeply.  Where are you withholding acceptance until an external circumstance.  Just notice.  Just allow that understanding to surface.  Breathe.  In and then out.

Our intellects often withhold love from others as well; waiting until they say the right things, believe the correct things, behave the right way.  And again, that is enslavement; we loose our Freedom by allowing habits of mind to deny our inner divine and the divinity of others.  Take a breath.  And then another.  Where do you experience judgement?  Just notice.  Just allow and acknowledge the emptiness.  Breathe.

Take a deep, deep breath.  Where are you judging others’ behavior?  What is it that you feel you must accomplish before you can accept yourself fully?  

Breathe deeply.  Take another breath.  Where within your mind do you feel you must live up to a certain set of standards?  What pain hides within your mind, because you find yourself lacking?

Breathe deeply.  Take another breath, and then another.  Who are you afraid of?  Whose expectations are you trying to fulfill, so that you can like yourself?  

Breathe.  Breathe again.  

Freedom is within us all.  It is the sure Foundation of Grace.  Let’s live free.

written for Simply Grace, July 2015

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Happiness Is In All of Us

Today our focus is Happiness, and that means plenty of deep slow breaths into our chest.  We want to feel our chest muscles stretch out, concentrate on how good it feels when our ribs expand, and blessed air moves into our bodies.  We want to notice how good it feels when we relax those muscles, our ribs gently coming together, our bodies releasing the air and processed molecules out to be renewed.  What a beautiful and automatic process our renewal is.  

Let’s pause, and breathe in again, and let it out again.  Such a rush of gratitude for this amazing opportunity of Life.

Breathe.

While we are in this focused and attentive state of mind, let’s smile.  Smile just a little.  Feel the energy move within your chest and your throat.  Let’s deepen that smile, let it build up to our eyes.  Feel the good feelings spread across our relaxing jaws, up over our opening face muscles.  Feel the energy of Happiness build within our bodies.

Let’s breathe again.  Smile widely and breathe deeply.  Imagine that the air is taking shape as a smile as it fills our lungs.  Relax, smile gently, release the breathe and let Happiness flow out.  Let’s smile.

Happiness does not depend on external circumstance.  Happiness is built into this beautiful, manifest, physical Life.  We smile in response to something that evokes the feeling of Happiness, BUT! when we smile, we feel happiness within us.  When we smile, we are expressing Happiness, BUT! when we smile we are also connecting with the Happiness within us.  It is already there.  Always.

Let’s take another deep breath.  Now, let’s make another big smile and breathe into the sparkling energy within our bodies.  In and out.  In: increase our happiness.  Out: share that happiness with the World.

Happiness is part of our innate empowerment.  If we want more Happiness in our lives, we only need express it, in order to create it.  Just Smile.  If we want more Happiness in our World, we only need to smile at others, to give it away, and the Happiness blooms within us.  It is our birth right.  We only need to pause, to breathe, to connect to the energy of Happiness within us.

Let’s take one more breath together.  And smile.

Namaste.  Shalom.  Amen.  Blessed Be.  Ho!

-written for Simply Grace, June 2015

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An Equinox Poem

Let the energy of this Equinox support your decisions and goals With a pause on purpose And a glance on down your road.

May we always be open to Blessings, And may we always be open to Grace. May we bless every soul before us, And may we ever live within Grace.

-written for Simply Grace, March 2015

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Graceful New Years

It’s Family Movie Night, and my daughter Melissa chooses X-Men, Days of Future Past.  Science Fiction is always fun, but suddenly in the middle of the movie, a dramatic moment between two lead characters lifts me to a new understanding.  “Look past my pain.  It doesn’t matter.  Look for your own future.”  says one desperate Mutant to another, who then is motivated to go beyond his self-pain focus and to join the World in Service.

We love that stuff; we 21st century humans.  From Mockingjays to Mutant Warriors, Chivalrous Knights to Fairytale Villains, we soak up meaning and feel good watching others be so inspired, that they put aside almost impossible to bear pain and injury, fears and long-standing self-beliefs.  We thrill as others answer the Call, shed their self-images and move into new, uncharted territories.

Why?  Because we know, in our hearts, that our own long-held traumas and opinion shaping decisions, are what blocks our own paths to greatness.  It is inspiring yet oddly comforting to watch greatness revealed in others, in extreme, and let’s face it, highly unlikely circumstances.

But for this New Year, let’s consider a new model.  Let’s consider looking beyond our own pain, because it doesn’t matter.  Let’s consider surrendering to our own Grace —- our own strength, wisdom and destiny.  Stop for a moment and consider how we can arrange our lives, our habits —- even our furniture and knick knacks, so that our every day supports us and reminds us: Go beyond our pain; it doesn’t matter.

Every time we start to shape a situation around some past event or long-held superstition, let’s stop and support ourselves in leaving it behind.  Let’s try a different way, a new color or a new form of communication.  Every time we begin that internal conversation about wrongs done to or even by us, let’s change the subject.  Let’s think about something else, or focus outside ourselves.  Every time we reach for something to ease the edge of experience, let’s reach for each other instead.  Let’s stand together for a cause so important, it can unite a disparate humanity.

Look beyond my pain.  It doesn’t matter.  It isn’t as important as my Grace.

-written for Simply Grace, January 2015

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Grace Revealed

We researched the word Grace.  The bottom line is the bestowal of an intrinsic worth, talents or holiness that is bestowed for no other reason than it can be bestowed.  In other words, Grace is the action of having given those things.  God's Grace.  The Graces of ancient Greece.  The Grace of a professional ballerina.  Doesn't matter.  All the same concept.  We believe that this is because of the ancient concept of human worth not having to be earned.  We just have it.  Over the course of time, the Grace became the thing bestowed itself as well; almost a kind of code for a concept so huge and so fundamental that entire cultures rest on its foundation or its abdication.



So, we chose Simply Grace for our company name, because we are working to increasingly express our innate greatness or worth or holiness or whatever terms we use, and this is not easy to do in a culture based on scarcity, which denies innate greatness - Grace.  We are missionaries with a special mission.  Although we are Christian by training and choice, we are not here for a specific religious belief.  Oh no!  We are here for you.  Because in order to express our Grace, we work to bring a community of kindness and respect into the lives of others, so that they can reveal their own intrinsic worth, greatness, talents and joy more fully into the world.

-written for Simply Grace, October 2014

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ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?

Dinosaurs.  One of the most adaptable and successful animal genus, surviving longer than mammals.  

Robots. An extension of humans, not an independent and magnificently adaptable biological family.  Fun to contemplate, and loved my robot vacuum, but definitely a peripheral technology.

Odd question.  Which is more terrifying in a SciFi flick?  Dinosaurs, of course, because they evolve and learn beyond our control, an intelligence that we cannot truly understand.  Robots are simply an extension of ourselves, and while we humans are scary, we are predictable to each other.

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OMG! I am getting old.

Here I am, the quintessential Geek.  And Tumblr is a mystery for the why and the what of it.  Really?  Is this my limit then?  PHP Direct Injection and Tumblr bouncing off my cranium and refusing to find a resting place in my brain?  No!  I shall persevere.  I shall make more tea for caffeine support and push this fuzzy brain into crystal clarity.

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We researched the word Grace. The bottom line is the bestowal of an intrinsic worth, talents or holiness that is bestowed for no other reason than it can be bestowed. In other words, Grace is the action of having given those things. God’s Grace. the Graces of ancient...