Posts by Linda Marsanico
Jump for Joy
“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…
Read MoreThe Field…revisited
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…
Read MoreDeep Challenge in Times of Joy
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…
Read MoreA Sense of Humor – Don’t Leave Home without It
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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