malibumark

Made the addition of a convex mirror.It really adds a lot of light!

I’m noticing how my and our passions manifest here as monastics but also how they manifest out in the world. They seem to come out of all of us no matter who or where we are. It fills me with love...

Ugh sometimes my need is an absolute bottomless pit.I found today, though I have tried very hard to objectify myself to managemyself, that in the end my need for wanting a subjective relationship...

The monastery has definitely taught me that everyone has their ways of doing things and perhaps because of the religious contextI am finding within others there is a righteousness with which they...

My hope inspires me to think I'm getting healthier, my illness rears its head and destroys what I've achieved in my relationships outside of the community here. I find people can't take me in normal...

I'm realizing the emotional need I have for relationships and a significant other. It keeps "knocking at my door" and I find myself more capable at hearing that kind of knock and receiving it and...

Initially today I thought about this idea from a different direction.I was coming at my life and the variations in my life, that Nikki also called'the eras in your life.' All the different zeitgeists...

I am starting to see the dark side of living here.It's been incredibly fruitful here in terms of helping me grow and stabilizebut also now I am finding the dark side. The fear of being able to make a...

i've realized that living in the extreme is something that wears me out....and not everyone is meant to be living in opera.It can be calm and lovely here in my room - but the extremenessof always...

I splurged tonight ona nicely framed mirror for my wall.I've got to watch it!$$

One of our priests past away recently. I liked and loved him. We just had a funeral and people made glowing speeches afterwards at the meal. As it was over Elizabeth, a favorite parishioner, hugged...

A number of years ago I wrote to then Prince Charles' office 2 separate times and they wrote back. So I framed them. They've been in storage and my pop just sent them to me. So I hung them on the...

Just heard a great bit of advice. ‘Build your fortress now, don’t wait for the rain. If you’ve got a mission or calling, build for it now.'

Things are good, though I'm looking for a way to make sense of my life. A way to understand and make sense of my life.The religion serves that but I don't know why it's like I have to think on that...

it’s Easter Sunday in the orthodox tradition. It’s been a good day so far. I find myself though feeling detached sometimes especially after a traumatic event. I had a rough conversation with my...