A Heartfelt Plea for Peace Countless couples play out their emotional dramas without regard to the collateral damage they inflict on their innocent and loving children. Two people who once cared enough to promise to love and cherish “until death do them part” can also learn to fear and despise each other after years of… Continue reading Plea for Peace
Category: Compassionate Communication
Singlehood
Singlehood has an array of opportunities – and challenges. The opportunities for growth are unparalled. Often, the major challenge is seeing the opportunities. Many of us think of singlehood as the way station en route to a relationship. It’s the bridge we cross to get to where we’re meant to be. It’s a limbo time… Continue reading Singlehood
Our Stories
Our Stories You might want to define yourself in terms of your “story” – what happened to you in your childhood, what is happening to you right now, who is causing you pain. The more you tell your “story,” the less empathy you will receive from those around you. People tend to lose interest in… Continue reading Our Stories
Just For Now
Just for now I can allow myself to just be here. Just for now I don’t have to fix, save, rescue anyone else. Just for now I don’t have to do anything except breathe. And as I breathe, I surround myself with peaceful, compassionate, loving energy, and I am safe. Just for now, I can… Continue reading Just For Now
People From Our Past
There are people from our past who have hurt us in many different ways. Some of those people might be our parents, who may have done the best they knew how to do. Although we want to forgive them, we wish we could tell them how they hurt us, but we are afraid of hurting… Continue reading People From Our Past
Paint Brush
The Paint Brush There once was a brush, all bristly and new Who wondered about all the things she would do. She’d paint the skies red. She’d color seas green. She’d become the best brush that had ever been seen. She flittered about in a flash and a flurr And wherever she’d go, she’d rush… Continue reading Paint Brush
Prayer
Dearest G-d, Please grant me the serenity to shut off my mind, with its need to accomplish, plan, finish, produce…. To allow for the flow of Your Guidance to lead me. Please help me rest in the comfort of Your Presence and Support and remember that right timing is always working. That if I do… Continue reading Prayer
The Girl with the “D”
There once was a lady who thought she was crazy Her life seemed so dreadful and horrid. Her head in a whirl, instead of a curl, Was a “D” in the middle of her forehead. Her work load oppressive, obligations excessive, Her life felt just out of control. She drove into trees, lost her wallet… Continue reading The Girl with the “D”
Linda’s Settlement Intentions
(I wrote this in the form of a prayer and gave to to my husband and our attorneys on the day we were in court to finalize our divorce after 30 years of marriage. It set the tone for the future I hoped to share, and I offer it to you to help with the… Continue reading Linda’s Settlement Intentions
Linda’s Settlement Prayer
I pray for a peaceful and respectful settlement meeting, in which all parties come together from their Highest Selves and their truest connection to Your guidance, wisdom and love. I pray that the parts of ourselves that are angry, fearful, defensive, revengeful, retributive, punitive, unloving, unforgiving, sad, young, abandoned, resentful, negative, hurting and hurtful –… Continue reading Linda’s Settlement Prayer