When I begin to make lists again I know I've returned, at least in part, to my previous life. During her nap, the baby sleeps in a wind tunnel of fabricated white noise; she swings in the darkened bedroom above a humidifier. She is wrapped in blankets, snuggled and steadied. I am in the next … Continue reading The World You Long For
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Thresholds: The Sacred Rituals of the Everyday
On Monday, in my writing group, we read Maggie Smith's poem "Threshold." The three of us all thought of threshold differently. One, thought of the exact moment of crossing between as in the point when the light turns to darkness each evening. Another imagined a going between space, the movement from one thing to the … Continue reading Thresholds: The Sacred Rituals of the Everyday
Embracing the Darkness: Francis Weller and the sacred life of grief
There are 20 days until the Winter Solstice, which means 20 more days of moving into the darkness before the light begins its slow return. The solstice makes a threshold between the waning and waxing of daylight, and is perhaps the most sacred day of the year for me, as I am one who has … Continue reading Embracing the Darkness: Francis Weller and the sacred life of grief
On Melancholia & Living Our Best Lives
Failure is relative. You decide. Yet our sense of not being enough (doing, having enough) is a powerful part of our conditioning as human beings. We are locked into this conditioning and unless we see it for what it is we can't get free. Even when we intellectually understand it, there are powerful triggers in our lives that catch us up again and again. But if we practice noticing and choosing different thoughts, we can overcome this.
Emily Arnason Casey 