Jump for Joy

Linda Marsanico

“It’s easier than ever to jump for joy.” (Quan Yin through Laura Lizak) So why don’t we? we don’t know how we throw ourselves into one of the ‘isms: work, alcohol, etc. we add suffering to our pain we’re afraid Any of these non-joyful responses keep us embedded in a kind of dulled experience because…

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The Field…revisited

Linda Marsanico

Once again I am sitting in The Field (See blog, June…), one of my all time favorite coffee joints, restaurants in Sedona. It is very cold. After all, it is the first week in December. What do I expect? This is my first late Fall trip, and I love the crisp cold, the rain which…

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Deep Challenge in Times of Joy

Linda Marsanico

Fall is an enjoyable season in New York. As my eyes take in the colors, I feel comforted and happy: November encompasses my birthday, and my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving. On a recent weekend, I found myself engaged in a seemingly routine, even mundane task. My clothes were washing and drying as I ‘puttered’ (my favorite…

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A Sense of Humor – Don’t Leave Home without It

Linda Marsanico

With a sense of freedom that a day without commitments can bring, I set out to do a number of errands in Brooklyn and Manhattan last Wednesday. Off I went to Atlas Bank on Fifth Avenue (21st St.) to make a deposit, planning to take the F train at the Bartel Pritchard Square (15th Street)…

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