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About amindfullife

Passionate about living every moment as best I can. Continually emergent and a work in progress

A fool’s journey

Posted on September 5, 2013 by amindfullife

By David Whyte In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other more secret, moveable and frighteningly honest world where everything began, there is a small opening into the new day … Continue reading →

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What’s your edge?

Posted on August 3, 2013 by amindfullife

Edges A common metaphor used in our everyday language. ‘What’s your edge?’ ‘I’m on the edge?’ ‘Jumping off the edge.’  ‘Going over the edge.’ ‘Finding my way back from the edge.’ We have all kinds of edges. Learning edges. Comfort … Continue reading →

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Silence, the answer

Posted on July 1, 2013 by amindfullife

We fear the silence The letting go The being alone The death that comes But only in the silence             When all is quiet             When the breath can be heard             When the sound of this moment arrives Do … Continue reading →

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When death is the secret

Posted on June 30, 2013 by amindfullife

When death is the secret             No words utter its name             No doors open to the light When death is the secret             Gazes slip away             Not to be met or linger When death is the secret             … Continue reading →

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Know your beasts

Posted on June 12, 2013 by amindfullife

“To ‘listen’ another soul into a condition of disclosure may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performed for another.”  Steere   Know the beast, name the beast, learn to have some tea together.  This is something … Continue reading →

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Preparing to be unprepared

Posted on May 7, 2013 by amindfullife

Life many times can be confusing and challenging. We may find we live life with the intention to grow our sense of self-awareness and well being with each new day but can be thrown off balance by events, thoughts, and … Continue reading →

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From me to you: Day9: Caregiving

Posted on April 10, 2013 by amindfullife

Originally posted on justanotherspoonie:
As a parent with health conditions or parent to a child(ren) with health conditions, what do you hope you’re doing right? As I am neither a parent with health conditions, or one who has a child…

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Hiding in the corners

Posted on March 29, 2013 by amindfullife

Circles and squares, shapes without any corners and shapes with many, have been dancing themselves through my mind’s eye these past days and weeks.  Finding myself noticing themes in nature and in human nature that play themselves out with or … Continue reading →

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Our imperfect beings

Posted on March 17, 2013 by amindfullife

Well.  It has been a while.  Remarkable how difficult it can be to get back into the habit of writing once away from it for some time.  There have been many themes ruminating around my mind these past weeks but … Continue reading →

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Dung beetle love story

Posted on February 21, 2013 by amindfullife

For the past few months there has been much in the news detailing recent scientific observations of my favorite beetle.  The dung beetle, a most amazing creature.  One that has been a totem of mine for quite some time with … Continue reading →

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