tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3551354593426774782024-02-06T20:21:05.902-08:00FluentNSmiles... a smile speaks all languages.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355135459342677478.post-76744517059022466572013-11-15T21:12:00.003-08:002013-11-15T21:15:07.322-08:00Update<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's been a while I know. But I finally decided to take all my ramblings and life lessons and stick them into a room, with a sofa and a chair, and hang my degrees on the wall, and best of all… Charge people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I finally opened my own private practice and so far… I absolutely LOVE it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Check out my website at:</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355135459342677478.post-8622058967298384242013-10-11T15:08:00.001-07:002013-10-11T15:27:35.642-07:00Autumn in Connecticut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">"Delicious Autumn!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">My very soul is wedded to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">and if I were a bird, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I would fly about the earth,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This quote is totally my friend Camille. I love to tell this story and I have told it many a time, but here I will share it again. Camille and I worked together as social workers several years ago. We had a group meeting each week together and I still remember the very first time I heard her laugh. I thought to myself, "Oh. I am going to like her." She has this genuine laugh that is full and bubbles up out of her like it just cannot be contained. And sure enough, spending time with her is quite a similar experience. Her beauty cannot be contained. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> So Camille invited me to take a trip to Big Sur with her a while back and seeing as how I had never been, I gladly accepted. We had the time of our lives. We even discovered this fabulous hermitage with REAL monks.And we got </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">to talk with one! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It takes approximately 10 years to become a monk and they live in community with one another each sharing various chores to contribute to the hermitage. One thing we noted right away was the general rule of silence. Unbeknown to us, they were in the middle of a service when we entered the chapel. There was a retaining wall blocking our view so when Camille peaked around the wall and came face to face with a room full of monks, she jumped back and looked at me eyes wide. From my perspective she just jumped and gasped. I couldn't drum up a good guess for what she must have seen. So of course I stuck my head around the wall myself and... well there they all stood silent as could be. The entire chapel floor was made of marble (we later learned, from India) and you could hear a pin drop from anywhere in the massive room. The entire space echoed even an exhale. Lol. I just thought it was SO funny that I started sort of a hiccup/gasping type of laugh. I was TRYING SO VERY hard to contain myself. I barely made it back out the doors without an all out roaring explosion escaping my chest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Once safely outside we were greeted by a posted sign requesting that guests remain silent beyond that point. I will admit... I am not a sign reader. Many times my attention has been directed to a posted sign to help my apparent misunderstanding. I guess when you commit to silence it becomes much more important to read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The hermitage is located approximately 40 miles south of Carmel and along the most beautiful stretch of Highway. It was a beautiful day, with sun and rain and rainbows. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Took a fishing trip this weekend. Had the time of my life. Caught a fat large mouth bass and I was so tickled about it. I was in awe of all the wildlife.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">They were so chipper and playful they drew me right into their little world. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was out-and-about today exploring my new town. It was one of those warm late fall afternoons where the sun has an orangey glow that seems to baptize everything it touches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I drove around looking for whatever caught my eye. That brick building caught my eye and I was taking some pictures of it from my car while in the middle of the road... Welll... lets just say I simultaneously discovered where the local police station is. Yeah that would be next door to the pretty brick building. A line of police cars just appeared out of thin air. They were coming out of their driveway while I had my face in the viewfinder. I pulled the camera away from my face and VOILA! Oh hey! Heh heh. Hello there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(Act cool Jenna. Just act cool. Show no weakness.) Thankfully the first car stopped and held up all the others while explaining the history of the building to me. Highly embarrassing. Highly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">How I wish I could convey the smells and sounds that accompanied these images. The photos of the swing and sunset at the end, there was a smell of bonfires wafting across the salty breeze. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We recently spent a week at the lake for our annual family vacation. Every year the whole family, minus a few, travels to Northern California to bask in the sun and rest in the serenity of nature. In recent years it has been a joy to spectate as a new generation of Goughs begin to display those character traits so prevalent in the group. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I was reflecting on this for some time this afternoon and noted that it is spiritual and emotional states that don't respond well to my mammoth efforts. Higher education? Yeah that worked. Money? Yeah okay. Tranquility? Contentment? Peace? Uhhhh.... not so much. The more energy I threw towards them, the further away they floated from my grasp. Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever wished that the state of being "at ease" or "in perfect peace" was a coffee shop that you could simply sit down in? Ha! Wouldn't that be nice? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Well in fact... it is! It is an actual place. It is located within you. It is a place you must visit in your spirit. You travel there not in your body, but with your mind. And it is achieved not by reaching towards, but rather by letting go.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">First things first. You must let go before you can attain peace. You must release control, before you can rest. WHAT!? That is not how we think right? I hear ya. I tend to think that I can rest when and only when, I have taken control and checked all the things off of my to do list. In reality... I can rest once I come into agreement with the fact that there will always be things on my to do list and that there is great value in resting. I will contribute more to my life by being rested than by having an empty to do list.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Amidst the hustle and bustle of the charming little town of Los Olivos there rests a quaint little country chapel. Nestled between a small orchard and a tranquil creek that unfolds around back, it stands tall yet unassuming to passersby. In the past I have captured a picture or two out of my car window. But today... I found something so alluring about the enchanting walkways and aged windowsills. I pulled into the petite gravel parking lot and immersed myself in all things country chapel. From chipped paint, to scripture verses written on a chalkboard within, to the beautiful rose bush in back with a green garden hose draped lazily about.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We are containers. Only so much will fit. There is an end to ourselves. Holy COW! I am not enough in some circumstances. That one really freaked me out. Lol. I am not enough to heal someone, I am not enough to make others happy, I am not enough to keep a company in business, and on and on it goes. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've been thinking lately... I think as much as I enjoy all the newness and excitement of technology... It seems to wear off quickly. My iPhone was like the coolest thing for a few months. But now it is just my normal phone AND it doesn't even have Siri. Don't get me wrong I like to stay with the times, but I also like to step out of the times. Is that even making sense? I don't know how else to word it. I like to pick up an "old fashioned" book with actual pages made of paper, just for the experience of it. I know it's not as efficient to pay more for a paperback and lug boxes of books around when I can pay less and keep them all on this Kindle... but I like to feel the pages. I like to smell them and highlight things, and write down the definitions of the new words I discover there.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And it's the same thing with cooking I have discovered. Sure I can use the microwave and nuke up a quick tasty (albeit chemical laden) meal. But if my health is important to me at all, I can also spend several hours cooking up something from scratch that tastes delicious. And here is the real cincher... it is filled with the time and effort that earmarks true love. My meal is filled with Love that way. You mean I can actually eat love? Amazing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I think that is what I love so much about my record player. I turn that thing on and I am transported to a different time. A slower pace. A healthier rhythm. In the warm light of my great grandmother's lamp, with my cup of hot tea, curled up with an "old fashioned" book, in a blanket that took me 3 years to knit... I am REALLY living. Truly living. Undistracted, unhurried, and frankly unavailable to anyone else but my own heart and the heart of my Father in Heaven. It is when I unplugged from the freeway of modernity, that I discover hidden treasures the lay just off the beaten path.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The word "refuge" means "place of shelter." But I don't mean the basic physical shelter that every human being needs. I'm referring to the kind of shelter that shelters your spirit. A shelter in which you can tuck yourself away safely for a time and get in touch with your deepest heart's cry. This is especially important when you feel lost or overwhelmed, tossed about by external pressures or inner turmoil.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Alright so what defines a refuge? First, it should help your mind calm down. Second, it should help you feel safe and protected. On a normal day, it helps you stay connected to your center, to keep your peace-level at a 10, or to feel that other human beings share your concerns. On a bad day, your place of refuge can restore your soul. It can also function as a kind of cocoon, where you retreat to do the sort of self-examination that leads to inner change. There you can shed your masks, process your failures, and savor your joys.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> </span></div>
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