One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace (aikido). Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train. Morihei Ueshiba, The Art of Peace Most are at odds with that with which they most constantly associate — the account which governs the universeContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Where to from here?”
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Aikido and Rhetoric: Centering
I’m starting a series on aikido and rhetoric because I’m a rhetorician by training, and for the last two years, I’ve been training in the Japanese martial art of aikido as well. I started noticing a lot of similarities between the two disciplines: similar ethics, similar practices, even similar concepts and terms. And after diggingContinue reading “Aikido and Rhetoric: Centering”
Year’s End
Happy to be where I am and grateful for all of you. ❤️
Forgiveness
As I wrote last week, I’ve been reading about forgiveness and talking to people about it and praying about it and obsessing over it basically since the day my husband came home and told me he was walking out on me and our 18-year marriage for a woman he had known for three weeks. So,Continue reading “Forgiveness”
The Angel of Resentment
I’ve prayed a lot about forgiveness over the last two years. I’ve thought a lot about it, read a lot. Most of what’s been written on forgiveness in Christian circles assumes the goal is reconciliation in ongoing, otherwise healthy relationships. There’s not as much written and preached on forgiveness in situations of abuse and abandonment.Continue reading “The Angel of Resentment”
Friendship
I took (nearly) a week off blogging because some dear friends from high school came and spent the holiday with me. I just want to say this about it: it’s such a blessing to have people in my life that I don’t have to explain, defend, or prove myself to. We chose and will neverContinue reading “Friendship”
Pierced Hands
I think I’ve mentioned I’m a bit of a clutz even though (I think) I try really hard not to be. One place this becomes really obvious is the kitchen. Though the frequency with which I burn and stab myself has definitely decreased with time, I’d say I still give myself a stitches-grade knife woundContinue reading “Pierced Hands”
Self Care
I thought I’d continue the last post on daily choreography with a post on self care. It just seems like a good time to talk about it. Maybe it’s the change of seasons…. My friend Amy and I were joking that it’s been cloudy/gloomy here for the last week, and that’s apparently all it takesContinue reading “Self Care”
Daily Choreography
I’m not a routine person. I wish I were: I fully admit that routines are the secret to success in life. But something in my personality actively militates against doing the same thing over and over again, no matter how healthy it is. This has created several problems in my life: e.g., flossing (I flossContinue reading “Daily Choreography”
Trader Joe’s…
…is like a toxic relationship. It has nothing I need, everything I want there is bad for me, and the whole experience stresses me out.
The Rookery 