JaiKaur: Women's Grace, Grit & Gratitude

The other day, while in chauffermom mode, I listened to NPR’s Science Friday being broadcast from the “Origins Symposium” at Arizona State University. Scientists from around the world were discussing “Using Tiny Particles to Answer Giant Questions” and I was struck by what these scientists were saying, scientists whose training focuses them on the logical, rational, and emotionally neutral of their world. They were sharing how they love learning from the unknown mysteries of the universe, the most exciting part of their job being when they went into the mystery and found nothing at all of what they were expecting- “ecstacy” is how one scientist termed it! Not finding out what they expected to find meant they were not thinking big and magically enough and they could now expand their quest (even if it does not make their funding source very happy to not know whether martians truly are green).

As women, we are very familiar with mystery-what man has not exclaimed (more…)

This week, I took a day off from a life overbooked in responsibilities to pick up a lamp I had ordered from an artisan whose work I had fallen in love with almost 20 years ago when I lived in Santa Fe. Janna has decided to move on to a different expression of herself after 21 years of making beautiful ways to light up a room and I wanted to make sure to get another lamp of hers before I no longer could. Turns out that her studio was but 2 hours away -who knew!-from where I live in Massachusetts and so my spiritself whispered sweet nothings in my ear, asking for some time in my life as well. I had all the reasons that the pressures of too-much-to-do-in-too-little-time can argue for, and, I have learned over the years that taking time for what calls out within me, softly yet earnestly, never becomes a regret of mine.

So, I packed up our puppy from Chicago-another story of how what was true for my spirit and soul won out over the protests of Logical and Sensible-and played hooky from my shoulds of the day. I brought along my ipod (more…)

It is now officially springtime and here in new england we get excited about up-coming warmer temperatures, trees budding and then blooming with flowers and then leaves, and the sweet enjoyment of our gardens, be they vegetable or flower in nature. We have pored over seed and flower catelogues during the days of snow and cold, looking foward to the months when we eagerly are the hands that co-create beauty and pleasure around us. Our season of warmth and growth is shorter than some, granting us perhaps the grace to more consciously appreciate the pleasure of days warm and the plant kingdom in full regalia.

Much as we consciously choose what we desire to have surround us, choosing what we plant in our gardens, our landscapes, our homes, so we (more…)

For the last few days, I have been wondering what to blog about. Nothing profound was coming to mind, and my life was surely not providing me many inspirational moments. I put my desire for some water to come into my dry well of inspiration and then forgot about it. Then while dialoguing with someone about how we each chose to meet fear, I went halleluiah!…my blog topic has been delivered! I love it when what I know to be true-clarity, prayer, release, trust-works so that I recognize it in my 3D world!

I was sharing with a woman how when I felt my fear at the many challenges in my life, I am committing to instead…. (more…)

Greetings!  My very first blog-whoohoo!  As a closet introvert, this “out there” process of blogging is a challenge for me and I found oh-so many ways to not put out my blog….too busy with clutter clearing, sunny day, school starting, just had to dust for the first time in months….  Yup, we can be creative when it comes to ways to justify not taking action on our wisdom and our convictions. And while I appreciate the value of inspiring reading, feeling, processing with my community, and personal contemplation,  taking inspired action transforms the mental theories of thought-be they mine or an  esteemed other’s- into the living wisdom of my own experiences and knowing, gifting me with the undeniable strength of my own knowing. (more…)