by Gizelle | Apr 1, 2018 | Love -- The Alpha & Omega, Relationships
This is a line from a hymn, sung during my childhood. I always envisioned Grace as something that was bestowed, or a quality that someone has in the world (very rarely would I attribute being graceful to myself). But the notion that Grace Will Lead You Home —...
by Gizelle | Mar 11, 2018 | Love -- The Alpha & Omega, Relationships
What if Love became something more than a Noun, something more than a Verb? Many people like to expand the power of Love by saying that Love is a verb, that it is more than an emotion, that it is more than a warm and fuzzy feeling, and that you have to put Love into...
by Gizelle | Mar 4, 2018 | Connection, Relationships
Love is a puzzling word – we have so many associations in our culture with Love, and by virtue of those associations, many limitations that are placed on that word. If we lived in another country (say Italy, France, Spain, or Latin America) we would discover that...
by Gizelle | Feb 4, 2018 | Connection, Relationships
A number of years ago I went to a gallery opening of a friend’s exhibition. As I walked through the gallery I alternated between the desire to share with a close friend my experience or to stand in silence to feel — such amazing work. Everything was so rich...
by Gizelle | Jan 14, 2018 | Open Hearts & Open Minds, Relationships
I no longer need (nor want) to ‘figure’ people out, or help them to ‘figure’ themselves out. It’s not about what we know; it’s about what we feel, and where this leads us in the world (inner and outer). Every person is a whole Universe unto themselves – I find...
by Gizelle | Dec 10, 2017 | Connection, Relationships
A friend of mine once told me she believes that whenever we think of someone, they are thinking of us at the same time — like a prayer between Souls. I wonder if it is similar to the principle of superposition — where the quantum wavefunction of a single...
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by Gizelle | Nov 19, 2017 | Healing Separation, Life in Balance
Remember that “Ruach” means Breath of Life/Spirit — and that Ruach surrounds your very Being, the gentle caress of the air against your skin, the breath moving in and out of your nostrils as you sit in meditation. Fall into the pool of sorrow and...
by Gizelle | Oct 15, 2017 | Following Our Heart, Growth/Self-Love
Cultivating Our Heart — is going into the deepest part of our being to find our Selves and God. Begin upon waking in the morning by focusing inward, into your very core — sense you There deep within. Anything that flows out beyond that feels unimportant,...
by Gizelle | Feb 14, 2007 | Growth/Self-Love, Self-Love/Worthiness
For many years I gave myself away, over and over and over. Despite numerous heartbreaks, grief and loss, I would replay the play (with different players). Eventually I came to a deep realization of how I have always loved ‘him’ more than myself. There was...
