by Lisa McCrohan | May 24, 2012 | Cultivating Compassion, Parenting with Compassion
Today, on my way to work, winding around the beautiful Cabin John parkway in DC, next to the Potomac River, at 6:30 in the morning, I saw a huge turtle trying to cross the road. I let out a gasp. Then I quickly looked around to see if there was a place to pull off. Of...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 21, 2012 | Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life
The miracle is finding the peace and beauty in the ordinariness of our everyday lives. Seeing it all as SACRED. A gift. May we all experience several miracles today!! (Coming soon…a video series on finding the sacred in everyday...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 20, 2012 | Mindful Motherhood, Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
{I wrote this a year ago. I am moved by the compassion within the human spirit — to care for another human being, to love, to “be of service” to others. I see how we are WARRIORS — we do ordinary things with extraordinary love}. Grapefruit. ...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 16, 2012 | Mindful Motherhood, Parenting with Compassion
There is an opportunity. Every day. To look for, notice, see, be graced by something sweet. The most simple, quiet acts of kindness. They are there. Present. Every day. Some days, we are D.O.N.E.! Some days are filled more with whining, complaining, tantrums, and...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 14, 2012 | Cultivating Compassion, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Parenting with Compassion
We all have them. Parts of ourselves that we try to avoid looking at. Parts we deny are there. Parts we get furious with for being “weak” and “wanting attention.” The angry, guilty, ashamed, resentful, judgmental, rage-full, needy parts. How...