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Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Oct 4, 20142 min read
No More Waiting on Weight-Loss: Everyday Magic, Day 820
“Are you waiting for time to show you some better thoughts?” William Stafford asks in one of my poems, and for me, when it comes to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Sep 1, 20142 min read
A Good Rain in a Time of Cancer: Everyday Magic, Day 814
I’m sitting in the middle of my screened-in-porch while thunders roars to my east, and wind swooshes from my west. The sound of the rain...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 26, 20142 min read
Back in the Swim of Things: Everyday Magic, Day 801
Today it was back to the city pool for the first time since late last August. I paid my money, drank my water, took off my cover-up and...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
May 20, 20142 min read
Where Am I Now?: Everyday Magic, Day 800
My initial plan was to write everyday, which I did for a long time. The practice helped me aim my perception toward something to...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 3, 20142 min read
When Things Fall Apart: Everyday Magic, Day 795
One of my favorite books, Pema Chodron’s When Things Fall Apart, names this week. Two of our three young adult children lost their jobs,...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Apr 25, 20113 min read
How To Make A Decision About Almost Anything: Everyday Magic, Day 279
So here it is: a little test I devised for how to make a decision about almost anything, notwithstanding that there can be no formula...
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Dec 18, 20101 min read
We Have Less Control Than The Little Control We Think We Have: Everyday Magic, Day 153
The other quote comes from Pema Chodron, and I know it’s about how we humans are wired for solid ground while life is the opposite, but...
