by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 30, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Mindfulness in Everyday Life
For the last several years, around this same time at the end of the year, I do the same thing: While everyone is still asleep as I lay here in my bed, in the quiet. It’s still dark and cold outside. I’m warm and comfy in my bed thinking about this new year. I don’t...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 21, 2016 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
{I talk, God listens}. It’s 2:30 a.m., God. And I am awake – silence, darkness, my pen and notepad, and my warm covers. Without the distractions of the day, the darkness provides a holy opportunity to listen and connect. Keith is dead {*Keith is a dear friend of...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 16, 2016 | Cultivating Compassion, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
Yes to the Mess Yes to the mess of ribbon and wrapping paper on the floor. Yes to the perfect gift you picked out and no one thanked you. Yes to the laughter and joy. Yes to the quiet ache of loneliness still lingering within you. Yes to the “best china” and the plate...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 8, 2016 | Cultivating Compassion, Nourishing Our Connections
I’m standing at the hospital bed of one of my dearest friends. There are tubes every which way, machines making noises. I don’t know if he will “pull through” or not. So I take this precious moment as an opportunity to bless him, kiss him on...
by Lisa McCrohan | Nov 28, 2016 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
The “Mindful and Compassionate Reentry” Practices It’s Monday morning. And for us in the States, it’s a Monday after a holiday break. I love my work and I look forward to seeing my clients and spending time writing. But I also miss hanging with...