I was thinking about "thriving" on my way home from the gym yesterday, wondering about how to even begin talking about it. What in the world is thriving? The dictionary says this: "to grow or develop well or vigorously." That resonates, mostly because of my recent adaptation of the word "grow", exchanging it …
Thriving: A Good Hub of a Word
Themes for the New Year abound. Commitment, focus, discipline, simplicity, gratitude, service...there are many ways to frame a reorientation of living. Here's the one I've settled on as a hub for the work of my various writing platforms. Thrive. Funny word, thrive. Makes me think of "hive." Which leads me to images of buzzing …
Gratitude as Spiritual Practice
Gratitude as spiritual practice can be tricky. It's a bit like trying to help actors understand the difference in thinking about doing something or pretending to do something, and actually doing something. What are we truly grateful for? For me, gratitude is extremely powerful when you come to the place of awareness where your eyes …
How to Stay Astonished in Five Simple Steps
How's the old Kathy Mattea song go? "Standing knee deep in a river, and dying of thirst." My wife puts up with me, but it has to be annoying. "Isn't it funny that we ingest food," I say. Or, "It's so strange that we have these orbs in the front of our heads …
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Meditations on Malick’s “The Tree of Life”
I've been hearing about this film for awhile. "You'll either love it, or hate it," people told me. A few people who know me pretty well figured it would be my kind of movie. Anjie travels, and I'd been contemplating watching it without her, but I kept thinking, "No. I'll wait for her." So …
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JEFF BERRYMAN 