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I'm showered and dressed and ready to go down to chapel ina little while to set it up -I feel like goofing off but the sisters have my activities fullyplanned until it's time to go to work today.I...

I am learning that in relationships there is a dualityof a kind. There's a mix in our feelings - We may love someone for our connection and who they areand then conversely we are faced with a prickly...

a couple things I wrote today.I was losing my shi*tSo many rules here at the monasterySuch a premium in doing things predictable From dress to talking to each other  and then I wrote...

I went to the pub - I had a drink, a diet coke and a plate of cheese curds.It was nice - I headed back home and stopped off at the 7 - 11 and gota lighter for my new scented candle as well as a...

I'll admit, I know I have a blindspot about certain things in my life.I know that we each tend to as well - and that's natural I think - and the thingswe struggle with in, life, may be a  fallout...

I did a little retail therapy just now. I ordered a nest candle and a bonsai tree to be delivered:)I'm trying to learn to calm myself down. Even after retail therapy.I invited one of the novices for...

It's Greek Orthodox Easter,the greeting is: CHRISTOS ANESTI!!!(Christ has arisen!)the response is: ALITHOS ANESTI!!!(Indeed he has arisen!!!):-) !!

The weather could not be better!… sunny, mild and refreshing breezes! Just got home from work! Got the radio on and opened the window for Blue! I was doing the compost duty out by the chicken coop...

It is so hard when we are adults and we need to stay the course when others are unhappy or critical or uncomfortable with us or their own choices--but we each need to find our own way--and not...

Does it ever feel like there are too many mysteries in life to deal with?just take it one day at a time!

I was struggling this morning with anger, frustration and a feelingof not being able to keep safe from the harsh input of the sisters hereat the monastery. But I turned it around. I thought about...