by Lisa McCrohan | May 31, 2013 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
When Certainty Arrives There is a moment when certainty arrives and you know, God you know, with every bone in your body, what you have to do. Though it seems crazy and illogical, though the voices around you cry out, “This makes no sense!” and question, “What if??”...
by Lisa McCrohan | May 28, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Soulful Poetry
Let Go By Lisa A. McCrohan There comes a moment when you know that it’s time time to stop worrying, hurrying, grasping, trying, denying, analyzing every last possible permutation and let go. Simply open those precious, overworked, tightly clenched fists of yours...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 14, 2013 | Cultivating Compassion, Soulful Poetry
Several years ago, a friend invited me to her bridal shower. As we were going around sharing who we were, my friend introduced me as a poet and someone who “always has poetic words that inspire and nourish” her spirit. I was a bit embarrassed being the...
by Lisa McCrohan | Feb 14, 2013 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Parenting with Compassion, Soulful Poetry
This is What Love Feels Like Laying down for a nap with my daughter curled up with my belly to her back my arms around her little almost three year old body little feet resting on my thighs rhythmic breathing deeply together we sleep sacred holy complete this is what...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jul 20, 2012 | Mindful Motherhood, Soulful Poetry
Do you tend to “tackle” the tasks and projects you do in a day? When you have a decision to make, do you try to force the right answer to come about? There’s another way. My blogging buddy, Gina, over at Professions for Peace wrote a lovely and...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 5, 2012 | Soulful Poetry
Sacred Softening My body knows has always known my way back to God. I dance moving in slow sensual swirls under the vastness of a moon-lit night swaying until stillness fills every cell and there are no hard edges striving, panting, thinking only breath and heart....