The Green Bough

"If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come." -Chinese proverb Weekly postings by Oriah, author of the bestselling books The Invitation; The Dance; and The Call. Oriah will post on Wednesdays, and occasionally check for and respond to comments. For more information see her website www.oriah.org by clicking on her photo below.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Resilience

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Our resilience takes my breath away. It stands intimately entwined with our terrible translucent fragility. We are soft and small, bri...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Courting Kindness*

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I've been thinking a lot about kindness, watching to see when it is easy and when it is hard for me to respond to another with an open ...
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Dancing Anyway

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Wounds can be healed Some leave a scar Some leave us walking with a bit of a limp We can spend years trying to walk as if we'd nev...
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Monday, June 20, 2016

Time Off-line

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Blessed Full Moon and Solstice dear friends. Longest time of light here in the northern hemisphere, and longest night down-under. My heart,...
Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Kindness

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I've been thinking a lot about kindness, about how it is often not my first (or second, or third. . . ) impulse. At some point I realize...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

The Little Things

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So here's how the day started: I opened the fridge door to take out a one liter pitcher of homemade iced tea and. . . . dropped it. In...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Try a Little Tenderness

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Sometimes, preparing a meal when I am tired and cranky and want to argue with the assertion that popcorn is not an entrée , I catch myself...
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