blogging challenge
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Life
Changing Paths challenge day 16: life. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” — Maya Angelou Maya Angelou also said that none of us are free until we are all free. The bottom line is that…
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The sky
Changing Paths challenge 15: the sky. The sky has a huge impact on my mood. If it’s blue with a few clouds, I’m happy. If it’s dramatic, I’m excited. If there’s a rainbow, I love it (especially the rainbow that appeared the day after Ireland voted for same sex marriage). If it’s grey and overcast,…
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My path
Changing Paths challenge day 14: my path. I don’t really describe my path as a spiritual path anymore. I think of it as an embodied path. My practice is to notice the beauty in the everyday: flowers, trees, music, the landscape, the sky, food, and poetry. As The Charge of the Goddess says, all acts…
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Roots and wings
Changing Paths Challenge day 13: Roots and wings Today’s prompt is a reference to Carolyn McDade’s classic song, Spirit of Life, which contains the line “roots hold me close, wings set me free”. My family roots are in nonconformist churches but there’s also a strong tradition of loving Nature. My Mum loved Nature and so…
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Wonder and awe
Changing Paths challenge day 11: wonder and awe. I experience wonder and awe in response to Nature, whether in the form of mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, trees, or on a smaller scale such as the beauty of flowers or the complexity of a spider web.
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Animals and birds
Changing Paths challenge day 10: animals and birds. I love animals and birds and Nature. It feels like such a privilege to see animals and birds in the wild. In our garden we have chipmunks and cardinals and robins and rabbits. We were once visited by a very floofy skunk. We have only seen one…
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Dreaming of change
Changing Paths challenge day 8: dreams The world is dreaming of alternatives to capitalism and colonialism. The student encampments are temporary autonomous zones (TAZs) where students are demonstrating alternative ways to live: that people from different backgrounds and religions can live side by side, and cooperate. If we want to move away from capitalism, colonialism…
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Change
Changing Paths challenge day 7: Change Most people do not cope well with change, especially if it involves loss or destruction of their former way of life. It is hard for people with privilege to imagine losing more than one person in your family or friends group at a time: imagine losing all of them…
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Reconnecting
Changing Paths challenge day 5: Reconnecting Reconnecting with your spirituality when you feel uninspired, or heartbroken. Heartbroken at the multiple genocides, wars, massacres, injustices happening in the world. Heartbroken over climate catastrophe and species destruction.
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Nature
Changing Paths challenge day 4: Nature. 💚🌿 Many years ago, when I was a child, I was told that the Israeli settlers had planted trees in the desert and made Israel greener. I was told this at an event organized by evangelical Christians. This shows the prevalence of Zionism among evangelical Christians. (1)
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