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    Mindfulness in the Media Storm

    September 19, 2019 /

    What can Hurricane Dorian teach us about mindfulness? The storm begs a question: ‘who am I without the chaos?’

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Confronting the Emotional Toll of Hurricanes  — The time to put life on hold gives an opportunity to shatter the conventional illusion that everything is stable.

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Someone call 911, @brianganzpiano closed with a s Someone call 911, @brianganzpiano closed with a swoon-worthy Chopin scherzo after impressionists Debussy and Ravel. There was lots more -- Beethoven, Bach ... I'm just still awash with the soundbath underneath the vaulted ceiling of the church. 📸 Season opener for St. Ann concert series, Tenleytown.
A DREAMY DAY To walk the maze without agenda - I d A DREAMY DAY To walk the maze without agenda - I didn't even clip flowers! - listening to the wind was just perfect. My daytrip companions and I spent an entire afternoon and then some here after our rental car broke down. Goldpetal took care of us until we left in the tow truck! Very grateful for their kindness. The wait was far from a nightmare! We enjoyed foraging wild tomatoes, plein air watercolor painting in the golden afternoon light, dozens of flitting butterflies and the main attraction -- row upon row of flowers. A lot of hard work goes into creating this natural masterpiece. Can't wait to return next year to this gorgeous spot less than two hours from D.C.
TO CARRY EACH OTHER While I was waiting at urgent TO CARRY EACH OTHER While I was waiting at urgent care yesterday, I almost lurched out of my chair to grab an old man who collapsed at the front desk. Nurse beat me to it. Triage ensued. The doctor told me to go in and wait in a waiting room to give the patient more privacy. Of course. In that minute or so of witnessing, I learned his cardiologist had sent him to urgent care for atrial fibrillation. That's insane. You go to ER for afib. I've had acute afib. It's scary. In fact, it was a major episode of afib in Miami that started my journey of heart this and that -- first #heartcamp, and then rebranding as heart-centered, then #heartcenteredmedia and coming soon, a #heartcenteredliving newsletter. My dad had chronic afib, but he wasn't alone. I was there for every heartbeat, until his last. My man yesterday was alone. I imagined him walking all clunky to the clinic in his Uggs in 80 degree weather breathing heavy. Nothing short of a miracle that he didn't keel over on all the cracked and broken sidewalks of Cleveland Park. Waiting for EMTs to carry him. Because somehow this old man had to go it alone. In the waiting room, I burst into tears. All the carryings of our lives. As babies. As patients. As corpses. All the walkings alone, too. I don't even own a car. I still carry his every heartbeat even though he's long gone. Isn't mine still beating?
"But she is plagued by the belief that she should "But she is plagued by the belief that she should be doing something. John teaches us that if the soul tries to force her faculties to engage at a time like this, she will squander the peace God is infusing in her. All she needs to do is rest in it." -- @mirabaistarr Thank you, Mirabai for this reminder today. A 16th century saint also reminding me not to give into FOMO while I'm getting over a cold. That I can't write everything in one day, let alone a lifetime. Let fruits ripen when they need to, when the time is right. Never squander the now.
Forgot to tell y'all I left Insurrection Hill a fe Forgot to tell y'all I left Insurrection Hill a few weeks ago.
My poor neighbors. My poor neighbors.
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