This past week at work we had our Staff Appreciation Tea. At the tea we honored people for their years of service and there are also three awards handed out for outstanding achievement—one for safety, one for creative solutions and one for people who live out our values in an exemplarily way. Out of 650 […]
You Are Wanted, You Are Loved
by on February 13, 2019 Leave a Comment
“Your lost childhood message was, ‘You are wanted.’” According to today’s EnneaThought for the Day email, I missed the memo as a kid. Somewhere along the line I forgot that I was wanted and needed by the world. Instead, I adopted the narrative that I had to work for it. I had to clean the […]
To Hear the Silence Speak
by on January 30, 2019 1 Comment
The quiet is palpable but not heavy. In the way the warmth of a fire eases down into your very bones, the quiet here is the bearer of a strange kind of comfort. It isn’t the absence of sound. Every tiny noise reverberates off the white stone arches of the abbey. A monk coughs in […]
The Blessing of the Awkward Silence
by on January 28, 2019 Leave a Comment
By Breanna Lowman In junior high, I learned a new term: Awkward Silence. I guess I didn’t know that silence had to be awkward. As a child, I was never afraid of what people thought of me. Like most children, I was free – free from filters, comparisons, and insecurities. However, when I entered junior […]
When Freedom Beckons You
by on January 16, 2019 Leave a Comment
By Bri Deutsch Getting sober was not a trend for me. I wish it was. I wish I could have easily put down the drink, the food, the men and just gone on my merry way. Gallivanting along as if the havoc I caused others and myself never happened. But I’ve wrestled with being stuck […]
