life in a note https://lifeinanote.com letting words order the soul Tue, 03 Nov 2020 20:49:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.15 https://lifeinanote.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-lian-favicon-32x32.png life in a note https://lifeinanote.com 32 32 Gratitude & Growth https://lifeinanote.com/gratitude-growth/ https://lifeinanote.com/gratitude-growth/#respond Wed, 01 Jan 2020 22:07:45 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1776 Looking back on the past year grants perspective on things that can easily be left unconsidered and unacknowledged. It allows us to connect appropriate pieces of the past to the present and intentionally press into areas we'd like to grow in in the coming year.

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/gratitude-growth/feed/ 0 RAG https://lifeinanote.com/rag_recognition_affirmation_gratitude/ https://lifeinanote.com/rag_recognition_affirmation_gratitude/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:40:34 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1559 rec·og·nize || to acknowledge the existence of. af·firm || to offer support or encouragement. grat·i·tude || the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for . || Gratitude. Profound. Powerful. Life-shaping. It’s one of those things that defies simple classification and is best practiced without moderation. Numerous studies prove it. Of the many things in life that call forKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/rag_recognition_affirmation_gratitude/feed/ 1 7 Life-Shaping Resources on Slowing Down, Stepping Back and Relishing the Gift of REST https://lifeinanote.com/7-life-shaping-resources-on-slowing-down-stepping-back-and-relishing-the-gift-of-rest/ https://lifeinanote.com/7-life-shaping-resources-on-slowing-down-stepping-back-and-relishing-the-gift-of-rest/#comments Wed, 02 Oct 2019 18:21:49 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1628     There are so many fantastic resources that currently exist on making time for the ever-powerful and all too neglected topic of REST. However, there are a specific few whose soul-nourishing, heart-bolstering, space-granting insights have brought absolute delight to this reader – profoundly shaping my personal practice of regular, rhythmic, rejuvenating rest. In effort to compile a mini resource of the brilliant minds that have so impacted this journey, I’ve brought together seven of my absolute strike-me-at-the-coreKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/7-life-shaping-resources-on-slowing-down-stepping-back-and-relishing-the-gift-of-rest/feed/ 1 Gratitude Before Hindsight https://lifeinanote.com/gratitude-before-hindsight/ https://lifeinanote.com/gratitude-before-hindsight/#respond Thu, 22 Nov 2018 17:13:07 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1753 Gratitude for the seemingly insignificant is a seed that plants a giant miracle. Do not disdain the small – the whole of life – even the hard – is made up of the minute parts. And if I miss the infinitesimals, I miss the whole. – Ann Voskamp Thankfulness is the joyful recognition of GRACE regardless of circumstance. Before hindsightKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/gratitude-before-hindsight/feed/ 0 fight – and be carried. https://lifeinanote.com/fight-and-be-carried/ https://lifeinanote.com/fight-and-be-carried/#respond Mon, 09 Apr 2018 15:20:50 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1702 If man were only mind, worship in thought would be the form in which to commune with God. But man is body and soul, and his goal is so to live that both ‘his heart and his flesh should sing to the living God.’ Abraham Joshua Heschel   I sat in the sunshine filled room in Magnolia, tears burning myKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/fight-and-be-carried/feed/ 0 Sabbath https://lifeinanote.com/sabbathrestrhythm/ https://lifeinanote.com/sabbathrestrhythm/#comments Sun, 15 Oct 2017 16:48:37 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1274 || photo credit | Jennifer Araza ||   It’s a misty Saturday morning in early November, 2005. I wake in my sophomore dorm room on the Northern coast of Massachusetts and tip toe around my still snoozing, curly-locked roommate to pack up my morning’s companions. Leaving all projects and procrastinated paper assignments behind, I opt instead to take the otherKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/sabbathrestrhythm/feed/ 11 What is Soul Coaching? https://lifeinanote.com/what-is-soul-coaching/ https://lifeinanote.com/what-is-soul-coaching/#respond Sun, 01 Oct 2017 16:06:14 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1546 Life’s most important elements are often passed over in light of the urgent – those things screaming for our attention, reminding us they need checking off our perpetual to-do list.   What we lose in the tyranny of the urgent is the priority of the present, the gift of knowing what’s most important in light of who we are: OurKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/what-is-soul-coaching/feed/ 0 || Podcast Interview: Source of Innovation || https://lifeinanote.com/soul_coaching_podcast-interview-source-of-innovation/ https://lifeinanote.com/soul_coaching_podcast-interview-source-of-innovation/#comments Thu, 30 Mar 2017 19:34:37 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1612 The world aches for the generosity of a well-rested people. || Wayne Mueller      What a total treat to be interviewed by the creators of Source of Innovation –  a podcast spotlighting the stories of local innovators and those on the edge of the entrepreneurial adventure.  Robert and Gary were fantastic hosts with phenomenal questions! Unpacking the pieces of the why behind theKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/soul_coaching_podcast-interview-source-of-innovation/feed/ 2 Tuning Our Senses to JOY https://lifeinanote.com/tuning-our-senses-to-joy/ https://lifeinanote.com/tuning-our-senses-to-joy/#respond Thu, 02 Mar 2017 17:16:37 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1580   In a world where brokenness is constant, the act of remembering – or re-membering – does so much to give us perspective. To connect to what’s been, to cherish what is and to believe for what is coming. It seems easier most days to rush past the moments life gives us, caught in the never-ending motion of the daily grind, thanKeep Reading >

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]]> https://lifeinanote.com/tuning-our-senses-to-joy/feed/ 0 Breathless Hope | Steady Surrender https://lifeinanote.com/breathless-hope-steady-surrender/ https://lifeinanote.com/breathless-hope-steady-surrender/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2016 18:58:05 +0000 https://lifeinanote.com/?p=1456   I wish I had words.   I wish this ample angst- this stirring and whirling and churning excitement of expectant hope mixed wildly with an incomparable depth of longing – had some form of articulation.   One minute, I’m in the midst of imagining the most profound of possible outcomes: Fully believing for the fulfillment of wildest dreams, beginning to tasteKeep Reading >

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