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Lisa Magdalena Hess
May 1, 20222 min read
Day 15: An Unexpected Tango
I've long appreciated the Buddhist wisdom about nonattachment, but today it did a tango with the Christian wisdom about release & return....
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 30, 20222 min read
Day 14: Progressive Seduction(s)...
I find myself more aware of a deep sadness whenever I am in progressively-oriented spaces today, which is odd: I'm perceived as...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Day 13: She Speaks...
Sometimes, one needs to simply enjoy the blossoms, their scent, the season. Pick a tree or walkway especially beautiful this season, and...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 28, 20222 min read
Day 12: Celebrating Discomfort
Yesterday's CrossFit WOD was a long, slow 'burner,' aimed at increasing endurance over a longer time. SO IN MY WHEELHOUSE, even if 'slow...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Day 11: A Brand of Family - Yellowstone
Speaking of soul-postures...what kind of soul growth enables someone to see flawed, fragile, lovable human beings in characters that are...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 26, 20222 min read
Day 10: Synchronicity II ...
Surprise, surprise, not everyone considers synchronicity like I do, which I can find irritating on a weary day, and curious-invitation on...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 25, 20222 min read
Day 9: (A)Holy Distraction
I keep getting distracted by a small word that is growing on me, feeling like I should interpret it each time I use it... So, on the way...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Day 8: Synchronicity
Sometimes called serendipity. Or Providence. A convergence of previously-unrelated events, whose coming together at that specific moment...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 23, 20222 min read
Day 7: The Medicine of Adult Recess
Brian and I arrived at our hotel in the afternoon, with the fitness center just down the hall. I knew Brian was thinking nap. He sighed,...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 22, 20222 min read
Day 6: I've not been writing...
I'm a writer who has not been writing (up to this week). For months now, except for one burst back in February when the emotional...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 21, 20222 min read
Day 5: Hildegard in Ohio
I felt a familiar presence as I walked into the lowly lit sanctuary for the first time. The priest, Shanon Sterringer, was tidying up...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 20, 20222 min read
Day 4: Who IS Hildegard Anyway?
A startling late-January afternoon led me to learn about a shrine to Hildegard of Bingen, in Ohio. In my capacity as editorial-board...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 19, 20222 min read
Day 3: REST
Today gets to be about the kind of rest a body needs after an intense weekend in sacred flows with extended family, after an intense week...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 18, 20222 min read
Day 2: How Much Water Do We Need?
I've been thinking about the way I have blogged over the years, what freedom rises in me with anticipation for the brief glimpses I’ll...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 17, 20223 min read
Day 1 of 100-day Challenge -- a gentling curiosity held between longtime friends
One Easter morning, I awoke from a dream with an unexpected proclamation. A Buddhist lama, a rabbi and I were having breakfast, chatting...
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Lisa Magdalena Hess
Apr 9, 20221 min read
Terse & Pithy...be terse & pithy, he said
I've been blogging for well over a decade now, but not how you're supposed to blog. Short. To the point. Catchy and matched with...
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