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I am a Spiritual Being in a Physical Body
I blew out my carburetor. I started with my grief-stricken heart and pushed past exhaustion until I felt my deep loss.

Shirley Riga
Sep 20, 20206 min read
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The Love Window
I learned a rule to live by: if I am not centered, my job is to get centered. If I am, my job is to help others or be creative.
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Sep 19, 20206 min read
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The Power of Friendship
I learned to speak love during our time together. I also learned to trust and the power of vulnerability.

Shirley Riga
Sep 18, 20205 min read
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Welcomed and Heard
As I navigate through my grief days, I am familiar with U-turns. It’s so easy for me to beat myself up for not thinking clearly.

Shirley Riga
Sep 17, 20206 min read
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Surrendering is an inside job
Surrendering is letting go of the pursuit to understand everything. Surrendering is about acceptance. Surrendering is inquiring with honesty

Shirley Riga
Sep 16, 20205 min read
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Meditating Allows Me to Slow Down Enough
I started thinking about those things that I can change
Christine Babson
Sep 15, 20205 min read
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The Divine Inside Me
I reflect often on the path humanity is on to discover this inner essence. It’s hard to maintain this perspective when my mind gets fearful

Shirley Riga
Sep 14, 20205 min read
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Listening to My Self-Talk
My awareness of my self talk leads me to discover what my beliefs are which leads me to find a remedy for...

Shirley Riga
Sep 13, 20206 min read
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My Guiding Lantern
The memory is in the lamp I hold up to the dark searching for respite. Where is my calmness? Where is my comfort?

Shirley Riga
Sep 12, 20205 min read
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Voices are being heard
Trees lose their loved ones and in their plight, they reach underground to each other to strengthen
their existence.

Shirley Riga
Sep 11, 20204 min read
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My Teacher
She was a caged butterfly needing space to fly free. Grief comes when it comes without an invitation.

Shirley Riga
Sep 10, 20205 min read
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My Higher Self is My Ally
It’s my choice whether I side with my Higher Self or feed the fear in my Lower Self. When I interact with my Lower Self, my Higher Self is..

Shirley Riga
Sep 9, 20204 min read
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You Are Worth the Inner Fight
It’s my job to love you and to hold you as you discover you are worth every teardrop and every fearful
Thought. You deserve the best.

Shirley Riga
Sep 8, 20205 min read
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Weaving Our Way Through Life
My meditative practice is in my recipe for survival through these tumultuous times.

Shirley Riga
Sep 7, 20206 min read
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The Valley of Detachment
Whenever I am asked to do something when I would rather be doing something else, I think of the dog keeper.
Thea Iberall
Sep 6, 20205 min read
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Old Stories New Beginnings
I am not my story. Sometimes grief consumes me and my day is encumbered with sadness. I remember my tools to help me move through my grief.

Shirley Riga
Sep 5, 20205 min read
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Finding a New Perspective
A change in perspective
Is refreshing as it’s so easy to get caught up
In the humdrum of life.

Shirley Riga
Sep 4, 20204 min read
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My Journal is the Meeting Room
I started a conversation yesterday with forgotten friends, long ago acquaintances I lost touch with, the younger me...

Shirley Riga
Sep 3, 20205 min read
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I Didn’t Know What to Expect
Safety always comes first, and in any transition, my safety is threatened no matter where I am. My body feels it first with stomach pain...

Shirley Riga
Sep 2, 20204 min read
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Training with Kindness
My old self would feel lost
amid the rocky goings-on
with fingers pointing at me
if something went wrong.

Shirley Riga
Sep 1, 20204 min read
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