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Lessons on Listening to the Eclipse

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman "Sometimes silence is not an absence of sound but rather a presence of understanding." - Richard Wagamese Peaceful, Centered + Connected I listened to the eclipse as closely as I watched it. I made good on a promise to my daughter that April 8th would be our eclipse party day. She stayed home from school and was in charge of snacks. The spread included dragonfruit and pomegranate because both seem mysterious and require scientific research to slice and...

12 days ago • 4 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman “When your needs are met, your soul sings.” -Oprah Winfrey Peaceful, Centered + Connected Somewhere along the way, I began denying my own needs and suffocating my voice to meet the limitations of others. This is the space where I am being stretched the most right now. What I am learning is that over time this moves one into an energy of depletion creating a center of desertion of our needs by refusing to recognize them out of fear. In the fear and...

26 days ago • 3 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman “When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves” -Richard Rohr Peaceful, Centered + Connected A couple of months ago I took my daughter and her friend out for pizza. My daughter is of the age where she is exploring her independence and I am of the age where sometimes I just need to not pay attention to anything that requires deep thought or processing...like what I'll cook for...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman "You are here to express and share your love, not to make others happy, not to look for love, but to be the love." -Don Miguel Ruiz A reminder before we dive-in; This is the final week to sign up for my Course on Growing Closer to God Through Centering Prayer. We begin March 9th. Learn more, reply to this message if you have questions and join here. Peaceful, Centered + Connected I am learning. When I suffocate my voice to meet the limitations of others...

about 2 months ago • 3 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman "I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir, because I'm not myself, you see." -Alice In Wonderland (A quick note to share that I've had a response and a request to the pay from the heart option for my upcoming course. You can find a new option here) Peaceful, Centered + Connected When it comes to letting go we tend to focus our energies on the thing we are releasing the relationship the job the hurt the fear the habit the belief Something else is also...

2 months ago • 4 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman "Sometimes I feel lost," said the boy. "Me too said the mole," but we love you, and love brings you home." -The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Peaceful, Centered + Connected Every couple of years our neighborhood grocery store does a major reset. Last year they moved the bottled water where the disposable plates and cups used to be. Diapers now fill the aisle that used to house school supplies. Even the ice cream has swapped places with the frozen...

3 months ago • 4 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman You are the force that opens a rose. -Don Miguel Ruiz Peaceful, Centered + Connected An interesting thing has happened outside of my window All of the trees have lost their leaves And yet something in me tells me They still remember who they are A view from where I write. 1.15.2024 A New Way to See the Good News A new way to see the Good News is a short passage that may offer a fresh perspective or insight into the ancient collection of poems, letters,...

3 months ago • 3 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person. -Oscar Wilde Peaceful, Centered + Connected As I welcomed the New Year from the comfort of my couch and the sounds from fireworks grew in frequency and volume I questioned if I should venture out to celebrate. I made a phone call to a dear friend. The truth is, I knew I needed to rest. "Why do you want to go out?" she asked. "Honestly, I feel alone," I replied. "You may feel lonely,...

4 months ago • 2 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman What's wrong with knowing what you know now and not knowing what you don't know until later? -Winnie the Pooh Peaceful, Centered + Connected She would stay out there for hours. A bucket in hand, rubber boots on her feet, and friends from the neighborhood around her. When it rains a lot the water and dirt that pools between the trees on the side of our house transforms into a tadpole nursery. She'd scoop up the little amphibian babies and examine them....

5 months ago • 2 min read

News + New Good Things from Tia Norman He told me; I'm not an extension of my small town life or any limiting circumstances – I was a 'new light' given to the planet and it was up to me how I wanted to participate, who I was, wanted to become, and believe – I was made of starlight… -Pamela Anderson Peaceful, Centered + Connected One Friday night in 2017 as my son ran football drills under a solitary light on a field in our neighborhood my daughter and I sat in the bleachers under the stars....

5 months ago • 4 min read
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