My pilgrimages to the distant desert location started in the late 90’s. A friend spoke mystically about a remote monastery called Christ in the Desert in New Mexico. In college a world religion professor invited all his students to experience one night in a monastery in Southwest Missouri. I have forgotten the name of the…
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Procrastination- The Queen of Self Sabotage
Dog Pee! All I can smell is dog pee! I am standing in the middle of my other wise clean house sniffing. Dog pee is not really the issue, After challenging myself to a 2 hour house cleaning fest that turned into 6 hours. I am trying to rationalize my own self-sabotage. I took an…
Cooling off With Zapata Falls A Family Friendly Hike
Go through a cave to climb into a waterfall for the price of only a ¼ mile hike? Count me in! I was a little suspicious when the guide suggested that we do the Zapata Falls hike during the heat of the day. Even in the Colorado 90 degrees is hot! The entrance to Zapata…
How to Correct Children Without Shaming Them
As parents we have all done it, shamed our precious child. We can do it overtly or just by a look of disapproval. Do we do this out of habit, discipline, ‘it worked for me”, laziness, or shear ignorance? I assume that most of us are ignorant to the difference between shame and guilt. Shame-…