Category: Meditations on Living
Posted on April 22, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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This year and moving forward, what are you doing to show our Mother that you love her?
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Category: Holidays, Landscape and Environment, Meditations on LivingTags: conservation, earth, EarthDay, environment, home, Mother, motherearth, preservation, recycle, recycling, wellbeing
Posted on April 15, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Wendell Berry’s poetry is more salient this year than ever. In the midst of everything, participate in Spring. Practice resurrection.
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Posted on February 4, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Just because you’re got at a job doesn’t mean you’re meant to do that job forever. Living a purposeful life where your work is a calling requires taking chances and starting over.
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Category: Love & Belonging, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of Home, WorkTags: apurposefullife, belonging, career, findinghome, fittingin, purposedrivenlife, startingover, thesoulscode, thewritinglife, vocation, Work, writing
Posted on January 29, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Whether you’re a power cleaner, a compulsive cleaner, or a daily tidy-upper, cleaning house doesn’t have to be so complicated. But the best cleaning starts with two simple steps.
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Category: Meditations on Living, On the Topic of HomeTags: BillLemkephoto, BillLemkephotographer, buddhistwisdom, cleanhouse, cleaninghouse, cleanmind, findinghome, home, Lettinggo, radicalprayer, ThichNhatHanh
Posted on January 23, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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I discovered mold in my home last week, at first forcing me to let go of some things. But then I had a choice of what to keep and what to release. And choice is hard.
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Posted on January 15, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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I spent most of my life not feeling comfortable with how I look. The currently popular #10YearChallenge is helping me appreciate my face and find a sense of home in it.
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Category: Love & Belonging, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of HomeTags: 10yearchallenge, aging, beauty, facerecognition, finding, home, wellbeing, yourface, youth
Posted on January 6, 2022
by Jan Peppler
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Epiphany is more than a light in the sky or a sudden bright idea. That’s just the beginning.
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Posted on December 30, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Over the years, when I talk about my work researching the psychology of home, inevitably someone will say, “Home is inside you.” Yes, I smile. This is true. It took many years for me to experience this truth. One can know something intellectually but… Continue Reading “Home is Inside You”
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Category: featured, Meditations on Living, On the Topic of HomeTags: aloneness, beingalone, findinghome, home, homeinsideyou, interiority, solitude, wellbeing, wellness
Posted on December 19, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Wherever you are on this side of the equator, it’s dark. May you put aside your distractions and settle into the night. Darkness is a gift.
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Posted on December 12, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Holiday traditions are not just comforting rituals. Sometimes, they serve as lifelines in uncertain times.
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Category: Food, Holidays, Meditations on LivingTags: BraunePfeffernusse, Christmas, christmascookies, Germancookies, Germantraditions, Grandmascookies, Grandmother, Holidays, holidaytraditions, Pfeffernusse, Pfeffernussecoookies
Posted on December 10, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Even with glittering lights, decorations, and cookies, this month can be tough for many of us.
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Posted on November 24, 2021
by Jan Peppler
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Some thoughts about the history and current state of this holiday. What are YOU giving thanks for this year?
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Category: Food, Holidays, Meditations on LivingTags: farmworkers, Friendsgiving, givingthanks, homefortheholidays, homefortheholidaysmovie, migrantfarmworkers, PequotIndians, PequotTribe, PresidentLincoln, Thanksgiving, thanksgivingmeal, thanksgivingprayer