Noah’s Ark Blog
Trust
Trust This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man... Polonius (to his son, Laertes) in Shakespeare's Hamlet Understanding this passage "from the inside out" as I would describe it, takes...
Wisdom
Wisdom I’ve absorbed the Wisdom of my household animals, West Highland Terriers, for two decades. They started every morning with stretching and a walk outdoors. They ate when they were hungry and slept when they were tired. They fiercely protected those they loved....
Fear
Fear Fear in our lives can be useful, limiting, or destructive, and many things in between. How can Fear ever be a good thing? I questioned that too, having been afraid every day of my childhood. That is until I read Gavin de Becker’s outstanding book The Gift of Fear...
Attention
The simple act of paying Attention is, arguably, the hardest thing we’re ever called upon to do. The more I learn about paying Attention, the more I realize how often I’m not doing it. I’m not here. Not now. Babies pay attention. It’s not that as adults we...
Grace
Grace This is another “you know it when you see it” experience. Grace is a favorite of mine, maybe because it can’t be faked. I can’t even fake it myself when I wish I was in it, the state of Grace. There is a magical quality to it when it comes to you or from you. I...
Resilience
Resilience The tree is a common metaphor for Resilience, appropriately so. The tree remains grounded and yields to accommodate changes in season and weather. Trees respond rather than react to what is happening around them. We would do well to follow their example of...
Attitude
Attitude “I need another way of looking at this.” This is my never fails method to get unstuck when the pull of negativity is sucking me downward. It’s the lifeboat that saves me from the maelstrom. The instruction in italics above comes from The Course In Miracles...
Addiction
What happens to enslave us to a substance, a person, an activity, a behavior? It may begin with a desire or need to self-medicate, to alter one’s mood or consciousness toward pleasure. Like the attraction of the Ferris wheel, it’s glittery and exciting. It’s...
Friendship
In recent weeks, friends have extended themselves for me in a stunning variety of forms. Two male friends took turns shoveling snow for me when I was hit with a one two punch of storms. One of them also brought me kindling, twice, to stoke the necessary fires to keep...