July, 2010
Arlington Music Prayer Station Invitation – House Concert with Hillary Chapman
“We, verily, have made music as a ladder for your souls, a means whereby they may be lifted up unto the realm on high; make it not, therefore, as wings to self and passion.” (Baha’u’llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 38) Dear friends! What nurtures your soul? What makes your heart tender? Prayer, music, fellowship, tea poured [...]
For everything there is a sign
Tonight on my way to Tae Kwon Do practice I got a call from my 6 year old daughter asking me a simple yet profound question about love. The conversation was deep, touching, heart rendering. I felt so grateful that my dear Sofia was calling me to ask my side of the story on such [...]
When each glance we take at reality is unique
As I was listening to the volunteer curator at the Corcoran Gallery of Art today explain the process Chuck Close uses to create his prints, I was wondering what is art? Where does the line between art and manufacturing process lies… Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration from Corcoran Gallery of Art on Vimeo. What [...]
Asserting one’s truth without fear
I am attending, as advised by my boss, a course on assertiveness. The timing could not be any more appropriate as I am going through a life shift resulting in the gradual declaration of my self worth. It is fascinating to reflect that all negative behavior — including all non-assertive behavior — whether passive or [...]
Suffice
O All-Sufficient One! Thou dost suffice Me in every hardship that may descend upon Me and in every affliction that may wax great before Me. Thou art My sole Companion in My loneliness, the Delight of My heart in My solitude and My Best Beloved in My prison and in My Abode. No God is [...]
Worthy to soar
Today, during Tae Kwan Do practice, I was trying to mentally visualize pushing my body higher for a kick, when I realized that sometimes very recently I’d had a feeling long forgotten — that of soaring in my dream. I used to fly in my dreams a lot during my childhood and my dad always [...]
Music, nature, and friends complete me
Quick update, for life is speeding yet its appreciation is slow… After an amazing turn out of 35 people for the “Music for the Soul” concert, and a couple of birthday parties, I headed to the Shenandoah National Park to camp in honor of independence, and to listen to Eric Harper’s new brilliant CD. Every [...]
