Author: Mary
Embracing the Giant Pause IV
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While flowers are starting to bloom along with budding trees, many of us continue to be confined to shelter in place restrictions. There is still of a sense of pause, when we consider how to proceed with work, family routines or connections in our outside world. For some areas, getting back to the “new normal”…
Embracing the Giant Pause III
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Hello Wonder and Possibility Friends, Yes, in most places it’s another week of staying at home. It seems we are slowly establishing a new normal, but knowing this is only temporary helps us to hang in there. We hope you are embracing the pause with many forms of self-care and to that end, we’re…
Embracing the Giant Pause II
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In the spirit of thriving during these trying times, last week we shared with you a variety of resources on our website and FaceBook pages to help tend to your body, mind and spirit. We also included a dose of humor and some ideas from a fellow sojourner. We hope…
Embracing the Giant Pause
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Hello Wonder and Possibility Friends, What curious times we’re living in! When our world is turned upside down, it’s hard to know how to make sense of it, what to think, where to focus. Our new normal is disorienting, at times even distressing, but we believe that in the midst…
How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways…
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We love this question from Elizabeth Barrett Browning, but we’re suggesting a twist in this month of love. How often do we truly appreciate who we are? How often do we practice self-love?Our invitation to you this month is to send yourself a Valentine or two appreciating what it is…
Taking Life from Death
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Life and death have always seemed to me the ultimate mysteries, offering questions to ponder and possibilities to explore. Finding those questions so compelling, I was not surprised that I felt called to serve as a hospice volunteer. In doing so, I have the great honor and joy of helping…
A Breath of Fresh Air!
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January… it seems we either love it or hate it. I happen to be in the former category, but admit that for years I was one who dreaded it. It’s winter after all, and here in Minnesota that can be dreary. Our winters can last well into March, even April,…
Time to Get Comfortable!
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Autumn has arrived! With that first dip into cooler temps, I went searching for my favorite sweater. it really wasn’t cold enough to warrant it, but I just needed the familiar comfort of a soft wrap. It seems that change (seasonal or otherwise) compels us to reach for something soothing,…
The Magic of Mindfulness
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Is Mindfulness just a buzzword? A simple Google search of the term returns over 134,000,000 results! With thousands of blogs, articles, websites, magazines, even apps for our devices, it’s easy to believe we’ve heard enough about the topic. It might seem mindfulness is just another fad or passing trend. On the…
The Gift of Wonder
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This quote came across my desk recently, and I realized it captures the essence of our blog, so I wanted to share it: People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of…