What a promise. Perhaps like me when you hear, “That was easy.” You think of Staples. Staples claims that at least finding and ordering their offices supplies amid complex living is easy. Here is another group’s take on easy. The United States Navy seals are known for saying, This declaration is that what’s behind is easy. Implied is don’t look for easy in today. I’ve been thinking about another source’s take on what is easy.…
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Here is my uncomfortable truth. I prefer wandering over following. There is nothing wrong with wandering except when I believe my indiscriminate movement conveys meaning and my restless activity purpose. I know this is not true. Even with “important” goals, a tightly packed calendar can still be filled with the most meaningless activities. What makes my wandering so distressing is that I realize this as an unconscious delay to the uncomfortable pause that thinking and…
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Today I am returning to my work with the Institute for Cultural Communicators after taking a sabbatical during February. All of our leadership team participated! I am thinking of you and hoping you are seeking and finding rest and renewal for your life too! This version of Mary’s Meanderings is focused on books I read during my sabbatical. On sabbatical, I also took a silent retreat, spent a long weekend with my husband, dreaming about…
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