your daily rock : what do you need?
“There’s never enough of the stuff you can’t get enough of.” -Patrick H.T. Doyle Maybe what you need is less. Love,
your daily rock : love your imperfection
“We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. That’s what connects us–that we’re all broken, all beautifully imperfect.” -Emilio Estevez We are all wonderful, beautiful wrecks. And yet we try so hard to hide the cracks. What if we displayed them, instead? Like the Japanese who fix broken pottery with seams of …
your daily rock : say “wow”
“I used to get caught up in drama, and now when there is drama, I just say ‘wow.’” -Cindy Dollar In 2010, a friend of mine died in mid-sentence, another died after two years of the agony of Lou Gehrig’s disease, another friend’s life changed irrevocably in one regrettable instant. …
your daily rock : be thrilled by small things
“The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one’s home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard.” -Barbara Pym We plan big events, and wait for big moments in our lives. …
your daily rock : speak up
I am going to let the words of the powerful Audre Lord lead us in speaking up: “I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.… What are the words you …
your daily rock : ignore what people say
“…here’s what I’ve learned – people will hurt you, but you don’t have to respond – not every mean comment or cruel act deserves to be noticed …” -John Geddes, A Familiar Rain One of Don Miguel Ruiz’ Four Agreements is this: “Don’t Take Anything Personally.” This is a practice …
your daily rock. naps = good
Sleep is the best meditation. -Dalai Lama I’m with the Dalai Lama on this one. Curl up for a nice nap as soon as you can. The world needs more well rested, meditative, peaceful energy in it. Put clean sheets on your bed and enjoy the coolness of them. Can …
your daily rock : feel the rhythm
“Now this is very profound, what rhythm is, and goes far deeper than words. A sight, an emotion, creates this wave in the mind, long before it makes words to fit it…” –Virginia Woolf Our lives have rhythms to them, but because we are addicted to words, we can’t …
your daily rock : get messy!
“Neatness, madam, has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is quite messy, like a wind blown room.” ?William J. Harris One afternoon last year, I picked Tess up from school and her pants were covered in dirt. Her teacher walked over to me and apologized that Tess was …
your daily rock : create your own tribe
“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.” ? Kurt Vonnegut We are tribal creatures, at our best in moments of healthy community and connection—those structures …
