Thoughtful reflections on perspective, connection, growth, and the hidden layers of our shared human experience. A place to pause, look again, and consider what we may have missed.
When I was younger, so much younger than todayI never needed anybody’s help in any wayBut now those days are goneI’m not so self-assuredNow I find I’ve changed my mindI’ve opened up the doors Now Playing Song: “Help!”Artist: The Beatles Watch, then come back. Help! has always been one of my favorite Beatles songs. Mainly…
“Attention is the beginning of devotion.” — Mary Oliver I keep coming back to that sentence. Devotion sounds like such a big word. We associate it with faith, prayer, commitment, love, worship, service. Things we deliberately give ourselves to. But Mary Oliver begins somewhere much smaller. Attention. Before devotion, notice. Before meaning, notice. Before gratitude,…
“Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that.” — Howard Thurman Come alive. Not relax. Not slow down. Not make everything easier. Come alive. There’s something about that wording that changes the question. We tend to make a strange assumption about restoration. If something is easy, comfortable, relaxing, or enjoyable, we assume…
Now Playing Song: “Where the Streets Have No Name”Artist: U2 Watch, then come back. I want to run, I want to hideI wanna tear down the walls that hold me insideI wanna reach out and touch the flameWhere the streets have no name I’ve always loved this song, but as I’ve gotten older, its meaning…
Hold up a quarter. One side is heads. Flip it over. The other is tails. Two different images. Two different sides. Both completely real. If I’m looking at heads and tell you what I see, I’m telling the truth. If you’re looking at tails and describe something completely different, you’re telling the truth, too. Neither…
“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” — John Culkin Watch one video about something. Pause on another. Search for something once. Maybe watch one particular kind of video all the way to the end, and suddenly your feed has reached a conclusion: Excellent. This is who you are now. 😂 So…
There’s a picture painted in the opening lines of Bebo Norman’s Falling Down that has stayed with me for years: “Angel’s on a subwayShe’s buried in a magazineStuck inside a replayOf someone else’s dream” Now Playing Song: “Falling Down”Artist: Bebo Norman Watch, then come back. We spend a lot of time trying to figure out…
Originally posted February 27, 2019 A term that we hear quite often, especially in mental health and special needs circles is ‘self-care’ but what does it really mean and why is it so important? Self-care is the deliberate act of taking care of one’s personal physical, emotional and mental health. In short, it is taking…
A Magnolia Morning Radio Reflection There are some things we understand better when somebody explains them. And then there are things we understand differently when we hear them. That’s part of what Magnolia Morning Radio has always been about. Music can get around the parts of us that want everything neatly labeled and logically arranged….
Who are you willing to stand beside, and who have you allowed to stand beside you? There’s a particular kind of strength in knowing how to stand beside someone. To stay when things are difficult. To notice what they need before they have to explain it. To learn the small details that make something easier,…
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