Pamela Leavey

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Food for Thought: A Narrow Path

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We are all walking a fine line sometimes on a narrow path, with bridges to cross and hills to climb. Our struggle is to meet that path with anticipation that it will lead us in the right direction.

But, wait… What if that path leads us astray?

What if we read the signs wrong and we traveled down the road, and found ourselves lost?

There are no sureties in life. There is only moving forward on the narrow path and trusting it will lead us in the right direction.

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Food For Thought: Watching the River Flow

I sit at my desk mesmerized… The river has shifted its flow and is moving upstream with the force of the incoming tide from the ocean. Along the sides of the river, the water is rippling in an undulating motion as if trying to go against the movement of the upstream flow.

I am captivated by the flow of the river and its motion, seeming so unnatural a motion, to flow upstream instead of down. Yet, every day the river takes a trek both up and down stream, for I live on the lower end of the mighty Merrimack River, where the tides of the river shift with the ocean’s tides. The frigid temperatures of this day have created massive sheets and formations of ice, which stretch across to the center of the river. They are captivating to watch as they move past my vantage point at my desk window.

Merrimack River, Amesbury, Mass

I think of the river, in all of its guises, as part of me, in all of my guises. I am as changeable and impermanent as the river. I feel the cold hard edges of the ice jarring me from the inside, begging me to reach deeper into the depths of my own source that I might understand the very flow of life.

I see the forms of other life and substances caught in the ice, frozen for a time, creating more texture, forming more questions in my mind. Where did this branch come from? Where is it going? Who am I in the grand scheme of it all. (more…)

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Food For Thought: Love Unconditionally

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Food For Thought: Peace Starts Within

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Daily Affirmations: In Seeking to Accomplish Goals

It seems there is never enough time in a day to get things done. Today I re-mind myself that in seeking to my accomplish goals, I must take one goal at a time and finish the task before moving on to the next goal. I affirm that to accomplish my goals, I must not set too many in front of myself at one time or strive too far beyond my means. In seeking to accomplish goals, I remember that I am Human and there are limits to what I can accomplish in one day. Sometimes when overloaded with things to do I must recognize that less is more when I have many things to get done. One goal at a time, working in the moment, gets it done…

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Namaste… Pamela

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Food for Thought: A Ray of Sun

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