by Kate | Dec 24, 2013 | kind promises, Surrender
Kind promise: I will forgive with wild abandon I’ve been listening to Jon Kabat-Zinn on pain. He encourages us, as we feel uncomfortable, not to run away from it. Instead, he speaks of turning toward and opening to the sensations in our bodies. I use the phrase...
by Kate | Aug 31, 2012 | Creativity, kind promises, Surrender
Kind Promise: I will ask for and accept help gracefully. Creative Experiment to explore asking for and receiving help: Ask a partner to help you with a small creative project. Ask your partner to help define the project. Take turns with each step: one partner asks the...
by Kate | Jun 27, 2012 | Forgiveness, kind promises, Surrender, Uncategorized
Kind Promise: I will be tender with weaknesses. I yelled at my husband the other day. I was swearing and shouting. This was Not Good and it made both of us feel pretty awful. It didn’t change any part of the situation that set me off. Then I had an aha moment. I...
by Kate | Jun 15, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, kind promises, monsters, Surrender
Kind Promise: I will be tender with weaknesses. “For every ailment under the sun There is a remedy or there is none If there be one, then seek and find it If there be none, then never mind it.” — Mother Goose ...
by Kate | Jun 8, 2012 | Disability, kind promises, meditation, Surrender
Kind promise: I will be tender with weakness. Wednesday I had computer problems. While I could read e-mail, I couldn’t respond to it or use my assistive software to do any typing. Visiting new websites wasn’t working well. I was very frustrated. I spend...
by Kate | Jun 1, 2012 | chronic illness, Disability, Forgiveness, kind promises, Surrender
Kind promise: I will be tender with weakness. Guess what? Weakness is not a topic our culture embraces. It is something we want to move through and get over. I was looking for quotes to enrich my thinking on this topic and it was difficult to find gentle responses to...
