Brian Wilson’s death & a gentle conversation wit...

June 16, 2025
Brian-Wilson
Recent text exchange with a good friend: Me: Surprised I'm so teary over Brian Wilson's death. I'm really struggling over this. Maybe because it's a bellwether of...
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4 Comments · A Healing Spirit, Inspiration, Opinion, Soul School

How to recognize guidance from within

May 27, 2025
inner-guidance
"Carol, is it my imagination, or are you receiving guidance from within? "Well then, may I suggest you act on it,  as if nothing else mattered?   "I love our...
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1 Comments · Inspiration, Soul School, Spirituality

Random thoughts and potpourri

March 24, 2025
random-thoughts
In and out. We misfits are the ones with the ability to enter grief. Death. Trauma. And emerge. ~ Lidia Yuknavitch. My first thought when I read this was that the...
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6 Comments · Inspiration, Opinion, Soul School, Spirituality

How to trust the Universe

March 18, 2025
trust-the-universe
That's actually a question. Because I don't know how to trust the Universe. I'm not a particularly trusting person. Yep. It's true. I have always been the...
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The most important (and your final) act of kindness

July 23, 2024
gift-of-life
It's my birthday and I can't think of any post more important today than one that promotes helping another have a rebirth. The gift of life. That is....becoming...
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How powerful is prayer?

June 10, 2024
how-powerful-is-prayer
There's a fairly visible pastor in my social media feeds. Someone I met almost 20 years ago in the course of my job. I was a bit...judgmental...about him and I...
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Stand up and be counted

May 23, 2024
The week I wrote this was an emotional and thoughtful week, beginning with a really long and deep call with an old friend. She was deeply involved in a relatively...
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In this world but untethered to it

February 23, 2024
"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience."  (said by French philosopher and Jesuit priest Pierre...
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Her mark was indelible

December 27, 2023
indelible
When we met didn't realize how huge her impact on me would be. The indelible mark she'd leave on my life. She was, in fact, my very first friend in California. I...
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World on fire: what you can do to help

October 21, 2023
what-you-can-do
The entire world is on fire, whether you realize it or not. Many are suffering physically and emotionally. People you know ... as well as many you do not...
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1 Comments · Inspiration, Soul School, Spirituality

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