Rescued Remnant

• Day 3 & 4: 4 minute success! 5 years ago Day 3-4I was sick for day 3, so my meditation looked like a nap. A fretful nap where I reminded myself to defrost ground pork.Day 4, I listened to this. She guided me through a few centering moments of noticing my breath. I actually found this extremely helpful as well. I kept my mind just focused...
• Day 2: Sometimes frogs ruin meditation 5 years ago Day 2This morning I made some significant meditation changes. I listened to this on Youtube. I have problems with a lot of nature sound meditation music because I get caught up in the scene. I notice the patterns of the seagulls calling out or the frogs croaking. I then wander off into where the...
• Day 1: Meditation Multitasking 5 years ago Day 1Our VPN was down, so I decided that was God's way of telling to meditate while I cut strawberries in my kitchen. Normally, I want to listen to a podcast or music or a Rami Malek interview on Youtube. I looked at my watch, 9:44 am. Ok, I would give myself until 9:49 to be quiet (with the added...
• Taking Silence for a Spin 5 years ago I cannot be still. I cannot meditate. I am dismissive of silence. As a kid, I would oftentimes run to the car before my mother and crank the radio volume to full dial. When she stuck the keys into the ignition the radio would screech notes at an undiscernible decibel. My mother would wince and I...
• If I were the man at the pool 5 years ago What if I was the man by the pool of Bethesda? (John 5)Laying there for 38 years. There's nobody to help me get into the pool. The only proximal hope that I will be healed. And even that is far away when your community decides the distance is too far to travel. That act of moving me from this...

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