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Category: Presence

It’s Important to Include Spontaneity In Your Life

By Phil and Maude Posted on December 20, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 8 Comments
It’s Important to Include Spontaneity In Your Life

The other night we were just about to shut the lights out and go to sleep when Maude remembered that it was the night the Geminid meteor shower was at its peak. Phil looked out the window and immediately saw …

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There Is Nowhere To Be But Here

By Phil and Maude Posted on December 6, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 6 Comments
There Is Nowhere To Be But Here

PHIL: I often read aloud after we retire at night, and we’ve been reading one of our favorites for the second time: “Ten Poems to Set You Free.” Last night we read “Have You Ever Tried to Enter the Long …

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Life Will Never Be The Same–What Do I Do About It?

By Maude Posted on October 4, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 19 Comments
Life Will Never Be The Same–What Do I Do About It?

How am I coping? How are you coping? The information, the news, the images and statistics just keeping coming and changing, and my head is often swirling. As Phil shared last week, we always write from our direct experience of …

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Tagged with: Coronavirus

Imagine It’s Already A New Day

By Guest Poster Posted on September 20, 2020 Posted in Meditation, Peace, Presence, Relationships 5 Comments
Imagine It’s Already A New Day

This is the last of our series on how people are coping during these challenging times. We’ve been very moved and inspired by all the contributions and we know you will be too. –ooOOoo– I’m not having an easy time …

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How to Transcend Today’s Turmoil with Inner Peace

By Phil and Maude Posted on August 30, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 2 Comments
How to Transcend Today’s Turmoil with Inner Peace

PHIL: Welcome to the changed world. Buckle up; it’s currently a wild dystopian ride. The only way to enjoy it is to let go of any hope of earth returning to the way it was and find fascination and joy …

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Look At The Good As Well As The Bad And The Ugly

By Phil and Maude Posted on June 7, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 7 Comments
Look At The Good As Well As The Bad And The Ugly

You don’t need us to remind you of the grim state of the world. We are suffering one blow after another. Climate change seems to be an unstoppable monster clawing deeper and deeper into our planet. Zombie fires in the …

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Tagged with: Climate change, Coronavirus

The Dance of Grief and Joy

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 24, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 7 Comments
The Dance of Grief and Joy

MAUDE: On a zoom call yesterday, a woman shared her feelings of grief. I realized it is an aspect of coping with this time in all our lives, that we haven’t yet blogged about. She was experiencing the loss of …

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Tagged with: Coronavirus, Grief

Community in the Year of the Virus

By Phil and Maude Posted on May 3, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships 2 Comments
Community in the Year of the Virus

For us, connections with others are an important part of our lives, and we’ve been made freshly aware of that because the stay-at-home regime has stopped us from meeting face-to-face with people. No more walks, meals or movies with friends. …

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Living Together in the Year of the Virus

By Phil and Maude Posted on April 19, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 9 Comments
Living Together in the Year of the Virus

It is gradually sinking in for all of us that this is going to be a far longer disruption of normal life than originally thought. We have lived through the first wave of changes: hand-washing, shopping lines, shortages, masks, avoiding …

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How to Stay Balanced in Your Life and Relationships

By Phil and Maude Posted on February 23, 2020 Posted in Presence, Relationships, Successful Relating 6 Comments
How to Stay Balanced in Your Life and Relationships

A number of events have conspired to upset our daily rhythms. Maude has been spending nights away taking care of the grandchildren for a couple of weeks. We are both dealing with health issues right now; nothing chronic, but enough …

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