To Dad
Dear Dad, thank you for teaching me how to ride a bicycle, opening the road for my journey, and pointing me in the direction of true liberation. –Love, Julie, ’22
Musings
Taking Refuge in My Saddle
I take refuge in the Buddha.I take refuge in the Dharma.I take refuge in the Sangha. I recently moved to Southwestern Pennsylvania to be closer to family, and to take care of my childhood home. It was a move made with compassion, out of a sense of kinship, and perhaps sprinkled with a bit of familial …
Begin Again
There is joy and an important sense of renewal in each effort to begin again. ~Sharon Salzberg It’s been a while since I’ve written here. Right after completing our first sacred century back in September, life happened in stunningly surprising and sometimes disheartening ways. It was a wondrous journey, meandering the hills of Eastern New York. And, I lament not …
What “Sacred” Means to Me
I have a magnet (pictured below) on my refrigerator that reads: Everyone, everywhere, every day is sacred. I believe this with all of my heart. And, I wonder about this word, this string of letters that elicits expectation, exultation and grace; this word that intimates that whatever, or whomever, it is attached to or associated with is something …
Wisdom of the Wheel: Some Thoughts
The video and essay that follows is a revision of an inspirational presentation by the author, August 19, 2021, during The Gathering, a weekly online One Spirit community event. Wisdom traditions all over the world refer to the wheel: Ezekial’s Wheel within a Wheel in Christianity is said to represent the cycle of life, and the …