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HEART PONDERINGS … sharing with you the things I keep in my heart

Missing the Mark

June 29, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 4 Comments

In the original languages (Aramaic, Hebrew, Greek), the word “sin” means “missing the mark.” In my last post written almost two months ago, I spoke of setting an intention to extend loving kindness to my daughter as she faced her health crisis. She moved into my home on June 16, almost two weeks ago. During […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Fear, Grace, Reflection, Vulnerability

Atonement

May 12, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 19 Comments

She covers her eyes with her hands and starts to cry. “I thought you’d be mad.” It was the second time today she had burst into tears. The first was disappointment. The hysterectomy she had been looking forward to having was being postponed. She had been preparing herself mentally for weeks and last night we had […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Evolving, Forgiveness, Healing, Intention, Spirituality

Synchronicity: Anonymous Gifts from the Divine

April 27, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 15 Comments

I do believe in an everyday sort of magic — the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art, and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence when we think we are alone.  ~Charles de Lint Recently I’ve been reflecting on the journey I’ve […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Community, Gratitude, Inspiration, Intention, Memoir, Spirituality

A Slice of Life

March 1, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 10 Comments

One of my online writing friends writes a blog piece everyday, even when she is traveling. When I told her my life wasn’t so interesting that I had something to write that often, she said she just writes a slice of life. Another of our friends chimed in that she loves that attitude and does […]

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The Heart of the Matter

February 23, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 9 Comments

For the first time since November 11, 2005, after my yearly nuclear stress test, last week my cardiologist told me that my heart has improved. Eleven years ago, after two weeks of chest pains, I submitted to my first such stress test. I was in denial that I could have a heart problem. Years before that, I’d been told after […]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Awakening, Gratitude, Growing, Health, Heart, Memoir, Purpose, Reflection

Making a Difference

February 4, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 10 Comments

I think most of us need to know we make a difference. It gives our life meaning and purpose. In my professional life, I had opportunities to make a difference almost daily. Recently a chance encounter reminded me of one such difference I had made years before. I was reading a book and not paying […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: inner peace, Making a difference

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