This is the music of choice at Twinkle’s Place as the sun shines today! Memories of Torrey Pines 🙂
Beautiful Michael! <3
Category Archives: Blog
Katherine Woodward Thomas: Conscious Uncoupling
Once upon a time we lived in tribal communities of about 150 people. Our lifespan was about 40 years. And divorce was unheard of. Yet partnerships were not often rooted in romance, but rather in survival and coupling (marriage) was according to class. One rarely changed their lot in life. Around 400 years ago in Venice, Italy, the “Happily Ever After” story was first told as a way to give hope to those born into poverty, many of whom who would not live past 16. The legacy we’ve inherited from the happily ever after dream is as simple and as complicated as that we are in many ways not biologically designed to separate and so it hurts when we do, and as a result we need to consciously develop the ability to do so. Katherine Woodward Thomas informs us about “Conscious Uncoupling” and also about “Calling in the One.” She helps couples let go gently and transition peacefully without holding our former partner hostage to our anger. This is a contribution just to each other, but to creating models of peaceableness for future generations (our children, and others in our circles). It is also a contribution to creating peace on our planet.
Breathing in and out…
as I close my eyes and I focus on peace.
Valley Arts Alliance 2018 Annual Meeting
Do You Pray?
Recently Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford posed the question:“Do you pray? What does “prayer” mean to you?”
My response:
I pray daily and throughout the day – my life is a life of prayer. My journey with prayer has been an ever evolving one. At present prayer to me is surrender and gratitude. The first, surrender, is in communion with, and experience of, the Holy. The second, deep gratitude for the Holy and the many gifts in my life. The outward appearance of such prayers can be formal or spontaneous:
intentional moments of stillness and silence, visualization, or active with writing, creating art, chanting or singing or drawing down the moon, walking in the woods and along the river, speaking out loud my heart’s desires or giving a blessing, it is the lullabies with my child each night.…prayer is even found in doing the dishes at my kitchen sink, and dancing in my living room.
Get Ready for a Successful 2018!
Peter Bowden is one of the best coaches/consultants I have ever worked with! This guy knows his stuff!!
click above to go to https://uuplanet.org/2018/01/02/coaching-with-peter-bowden/
Guest in the Pulpit – Sunday, January 28th, 2018
Please join us for service and fellowship at 10:00am <3
120 Park St., Bangor, ME 04401-5021
Theme: Möbius Life
Guest in the Pulpit: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning
John Arimond, Musician
Laurie Cartier, Worship Associate
ART & AFFIRMATIONS: New Year Visualization Workshop = Tarot Art + Your Word-of-the-Year
Friends, as many of you know, each year I select a Word-of-the-Year! I invite you to do the same and create a beautiful piece of divinely-inspired art to display to remind you throughout 2018 what is most important to you.
Join us for Art & Affirmations on Wednesday, January 17th
6:00-9:00pm
Not all reactions to snowfall are created equal
love-light-rayya
Blessings to Liz. May she be wrapped up with loving arms as she mourns the loss of her dearest love.
May Rayya’s light ever shine brightly in our hearts and her wisdom be a touchstone for our courage.
May all of us know: a light that has shone never truly goes out when it has lit so very many others.
Below is the posting from their event on Women’s Day three years ago. The video is fun and poignant. A wonderful tribute to their unconditional friendship.