“May you live in interesting times,” states the ancient and well-worn Chinese curse. As the world around us all continues to be more and more “interesting,” we have continued to face each day with strength and courage. For many of us this is done in the presence of what some call a “low-level battle fatigue,” … Continue reading Tools for Tough (Interesting) Times
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Tools for Tough Times: Spiritual Fitness
Spiritual well-being, or spiritual wellness, is built upon important life decisions that we all need to address. Sadly, a great many people do not think much about these decisions or the spiritual aspects of their living. When we invest ourselves in making healthy, informed decisions regarding our spiritual selves, there is much growth that can … Continue reading Tools for Tough Times: Spiritual Fitness
Into the Wilderness
Image via Timothy Denney, Mt Dana, Yosemite National Park “Wilderness to the people of America is a spiritual necessity, an antidote to the high pressure of modern life, a means of regaining serenity and equilibrium.” ― Sigurd Olson. Photo looking toward the crest of the Sierra Nevada and Mount Abbott and its environs from Pioneer … Continue reading Into the Wilderness
Into the Wilderness
Author and essayist Loren Eiseley once told us, “It is a commonplace of all religious thought, even the most primitive, that the man seeking visions and insight must go apart from his fellows and love for a time in the wilderness.” Indeed, how commonplace it is. It is into the wilderness that we go when … Continue reading Into the Wilderness
Into the Wilderness
Image via Timothy Denney, Dark Canyon, Utah Here is a little wilderness inspiration as we slip deeper into the Winter. These are pictures from a wilderness trip in July 2019 to the White Cloud Peaks in the Salmon River country of central Idaho. One of my favorite “secret spots” in the wild western places. Read … Continue reading Into the Wilderness
Into the Wilderness
The high country has always beckoned me. This is owed in part to being the third generation of my family to live in the central Sierra Nevada. It also extends from what I sometimes refer to as my "coming alive" experiences in the mountains. They started when I was a boy, going into the mountains … Continue reading Into the Wilderness
Hitchhiker in the Kingdom
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, … Continue reading Hitchhiker in the Kingdom
Expanding Spiritual Resilience
“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.” ― Ambrose Redmoon “The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance.” ― Jodi Picoult Expanding one’s spiritual resilience is at least as important as resilience … Continue reading Expanding Spiritual Resilience
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