Author Archives: Sharon

How Can Death Enhance Our Life?

Posted on June 4, 2018 by Sharon

Last month I wrote a piece about Grief.  This month I want to ask you this question. How can death enhance our life above and beyond anything else? Five weeks ago my husband had a stroke. Although there is still … Continue reading →

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Grief

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Sharon

I watched my friend stand beside her son yesterday. Tears dragging the inexpressible grief down her drawn face as she bent her head, too heavy with loss to hold up without the chest of her beloved of over half a … Continue reading →

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When We Become Complacent …..

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Sharon

Traditions intersect tomorrow as Jews and Christians the world over, celebrate their traditions. Many Christians will commemorate the Last Supper and the crucifixion of the Master Teacher Jesus. And many Jewish people will also come together to begin the 8-day … Continue reading →

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Some Stories are Worth Repeating

Posted on January 27, 2018 by Sharon

In  November 2005 I went to Assisi alone. It was a long awaited pilgrimage. I wanted to connect to the energy of the beloved Saint Francis of Assisi but I also knew, as with all pilgrimages, the very thing you … Continue reading →

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Who do You want to Be … when you grow up?

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Sharon

Do you have a Calling? Many of us remember being asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”  We gave answers according to our own dreams, our parent’s dreams, our teachers ‘dreams and sometimes even our friends’ … Continue reading →

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Smile and the World Smiles With You….

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Sharon

Recently I was waiting in a line waiting to go to the “Ladies” and the person in front of me started to sing. She was not giving us a concert or trying to show her fine voice. She just started … Continue reading →

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Poles Apart- or are we?

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Sharon

There is a question I sometimes ask myself. I don’t like the question. More to the point I don’t like answering it. Inevitably my answer always begins with a confident “no”, but then it morphs into a ‘maybe’ and usually … Continue reading →

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Love, Love, Love

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Sharon

The Wisdom of the Lion. Part 4 What is Wisdom? It is the integration of Knowledge with Experience. Who is the Lion? It is Me. It is You. Recently I was working with a couple and he was saying that his … Continue reading →

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Follow Your Heart- Lion Wisdom part III

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Sharon

A transcript Tell them, to follow their heart. Thats all very well to say we must follow our heart but how do you know if you are really following your heart? I did not say you must. I said “follow … Continue reading →

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Beyond Pushing……there is a world of Possibility

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Sharon

The Wisdom of the Lion Part 2.    “There is a great deal of pushing in our world. Most of it comes from greed, fear or anger. Lions only push their children to keep them safe. If they eat when it … Continue reading →

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Why Do We Get Sick?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Sharon

Why Do We Get Sick? We have all been there. Everything appears to be going well and then we wake up with a headache or sore throat, flu or back-ache. We discover we have a pain in the neck, aching … Continue reading →

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Birth-day Blessing

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Sharon

How can it be? I can forget what I did yesterday. I can even forget why I went to the supermarket as soon as I arrive. But I remember every second of an event 35 years ago that changed my … Continue reading →

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What a ( confusing) Year!

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Sharon

Personally, politically, privately and publically. What a year! What a brilliant, bloody, bastard of a year. We all have stories to tell, memories we will never forget, grief that has not yet healed, plans that blossomed and plans that were crushed. This leap year created … Continue reading →

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When do we Fall….up?

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Sharon

It’s not the first tme. I fell down a flight of stairs about 12 years ago. Nothing broken but oh the pain. So you would think I had learned  my lesson. and heard the warning to stop doing and doing and doing so … Continue reading →

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One More Day

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Sharon

I’ll let you in on a secret. It’s a bit embarrassing but heh, what the heck. I love leap years. To be more precise, I love February 29. I don’t recall anything particularly memorable happening on February 29, however since … Continue reading →

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