by Rebekkah LaDyne | Mar 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
We moved here about two years ago. Many of our neighbors are second or third generation here, others are more recent, but we are definitely the new kids on the block. You remember what it is like to be the new kid. When I am going into new situations I often begin...
by Rebekkah LaDyne | Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sometimes my mind loves black and white thinking. And sometimes I hate that it does. And no, the irony of this is not lost on me. If I am thinking “mindlessly,” meaning without mindful awareness, my mind loves to decide right/wrong, good/bad, like/don’t like. Not...
by Rebekkah LaDyne | Feb 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Kindness. It sometimes feels like a “have to” or a “should.” Forced kindness can feel terrible and can evoke the thought of laying myself down at the feet of someone harsh and uncaring, and saying, “No, really. I don’t mind. You can walk on me–I like...
by Rebekkah LaDyne | Feb 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am running errands, driving to REI to return some uncomfortable hiking pants. It is a very average day. I’m listening to a talk about mindful parenting with Jack Kornfield. He is telling a story of a mother speaking very harshly to her child. The mother in Jack’s...
by Rebekkah LaDyne | Feb 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
I overheard some women talking in a café. They were swapping stories about their neighbors. Apparently one of the women has a neighbor, as she described it, with “a slight case of obsessive-compulsive disorder”… “She keeps her yard immaculate”. She continued to say. ...
