by Barbara Jacksha | Dec 21, 2022 | Spiritual Adventures, Writing |
Happy Winter Solstice! Welcome to the last day of the year, the end of the old, the beginning of the new. In a normal year, I would have shared much more with you, but during this past year I spent most of my time and energy just putting one foot in front of the...
by Barbara Jacksha | Dec 17, 2020 | Spiritual Adventures
I could start every post with the words: when Spirit asks you to do something, do it! The last time this rang true for me, I was listening via phone to a small group spiritual gathering I attend every two weeks. About thirty minutes in, I got the clearest message from...
by Barbara Jacksha | Nov 20, 2020 | Spiritual Adventures
In meditation a few months ago, my team told me to take the rest of the year off. Being the chronic overachiever, however, I resisted actually doing that. But after a bad cold, lingering sinus infection, fatigue and a dearth of motivation to work on projects I dearly...
by Barbara Jacksha | Aug 24, 2020 | Spiritual Adventures
We humans are good at comparing one thing to another. We’re good at evaluating, labeling one thing as better or more important than something else. It’s a handy skill when deciding which brand of tomato sauce to buy. But it’s a prickly skill when we...
by Barbara Jacksha | Jul 22, 2020 | Spiritual Adventures
Here’s an example of how things can work. How things can change. In an instant. Up until about ten minutes before I spontaneously started writing this post, I’d been having a crabby morning. I’ll spare you the list of symptoms and complaints; just know I’m not feeling...
by Barbara Jacksha | Jul 6, 2020 | Spiritual Adventures
Since last fall, I’ve been playing Whack-A-Mole with my life. If you’ve never played, it’s an arcade game where you try to whomp fake moles that pop up randomly before they pop down again. The longer you play, the faster the moles move and the harder it is to...
