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Acceptance

Peace

September 9, 2020 by Linda A Marshall 8 Comments

My daughter and I watch a modern Western crime drama called “Longmire” on Netflix. No binging … just a couple of episodes a couple of times a week. There certainly is a lot of crime in Sheriff Walt Longmire’s little corner of Wyoming. Crime dramas are more my daughter’s fare than mine, but I must […]

Filed Under: Inner Life, Spiritual Guidance, Wisdom Tagged With: Acceptance, Cognitive deficits, Loneliness, Longmire, Love your enemies, Loving the enemy within, Netflix, Peace, Serenity Prayer, Tai Chi

The Kindness of Strangers

July 13, 2017 by Linda A Marshall 14 Comments

My tale begins at Dayton International Airport on July 4. My friends Sharon and Kathryn came for a visit. Sharon drove in from Pittsburgh and arrived in time to accompany me to the airport to pick up Kathryn, who flew in from Wichita. Sharon and I were in a small area of the airport as […]

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Acceptance, Grace, Trust

The Greatest Love of All

June 21, 2017 by Linda A Marshall 18 Comments

“Nicole is lucky to have you for a mother. You show her great love.” These are words I frequently hear from those who know the lengths to which I go to find resources for her. I see this as my responsibility. I know it is a loving action, but I have the skills to do […]

Filed Under: Love, Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Acceptance, Love

You Make Sense to Me — A Priceless Gift

June 7, 2017 by Linda A Marshall 20 Comments

Oprah Winfrey often says that what she learned in her twenty-five years as a talk-show host is that people want the same thing — we want to be heard and understood … we want to know that we make sense to someone. In my past life (1993-2012), one of the many professional hats I wore was as […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Acceptance, Community, Connecting, Friendship, Vulnerability

Rare Resilience

October 26, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 2 Comments

“Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water.” ~Zen Proverb My experience at the Myotonic Dystrophy Conference on Saturday, October 22, reminded me of this Zen proverb. The morning was full of hope as the doctors and researchers enlightened us about the progress they are making. In their work, […]

Filed Under: Groups, Life, Love, Uncategorized Tagged With: Acceptance, Community, Connecting, Fear, Love

The Wisdom of the Body

July 15, 2016 by Linda A Marshall 6 Comments

“The body remembers, the bones remember, the joints remember, even the little finger remembers. Memory is lodged in pictures and feelings in the cells themselves. Like a sponge filled with water, anywhere the flesh is pressed, wrung, even touched lightly, a memory may flow out in a stream. ~Clarissa Pinkola Estes For much of my […]

Filed Under: Personal Growth, Spiritual Growth Tagged With: Acceptance, Growing, Reflection, Spirituality, Vulnerability

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