http://susanscottmorales.com Be Who You Love Thu, 06 May 2010 03:20:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You’ve read you can increase your brainpower or you want to enhance your sports performance. Perhaps your doctor told you it’s time to learn stress reduction. In yoga class you’ve become aware of the possibility of enlightenment, understanding your true nature or the meaning of your life. Whatever your motivation, ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2010/01/14/fundamentals-of-setting-up-a-mediation-practice/ You’ve probably heard many times: “You have to spend money to make money,” or “to get more energy, exercise.” There’s a great song by the New Radicals, You only get what you give. So what does this have to do with meditation? Taking the time to meditate, gives you time. This ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2010/01/12/need-more-time-meditate/ Practical Meditation: Techniques to help you sleep You’ve pulled down the shades and turned off the lights. Your head hits the pillow and you sigh. Minutes pass and you realize you are still awake. Your mind is racing over the details of a meeting you’ve anxious about; or, you’re ruminating over the ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2010/01/12/techniques-to-help-you-sleep/ You’ve had the experience, haven’t you, of becoming aware of something that’s always been there but hadn’t caught your attention? A photograph on the wall of your favorite restaurant, a colleague’s shoes, a tree limb sticking out over the road. Why do you all of a sudden notice? I think of ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/12/17/notice-what-you-notice-2/ An evening of readings and song by Susan and friends. December 6, 2009 at Elmo's Hideaway, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Readings by Susan: "If Song Were My Language" "Not Meant To Be Read Out Loud" "Gathering Branches for Jack" "Between the Layers" "My Will" "untitled" "Cricket Tanka" "Transporting Soup" "Excerpt from a Barroom View of Love" Readings by friends: "Barefoot Summers" by Marti Grimes "Blind Date" ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/12/14/a-string-of-lights-2/ This I Believe by Susan Scott Morales When my friend’s husband died, although I didn’t know him, I wanted to support her and go to the funeral. I stepped through the massive carved doors at the rear of the church and faced the casket at the end of the aisle. My throat ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/05/17/this-i-believe/ Subject: Elegant Email by Susan Scott Morales The other day I received this message from a supervisor where I volunteer: “Just wanted to remind you that what you did is not done (in our organization).” Did she really think I was a rebel that needed to be reminded of the policies? ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/05/16/subject-elegant-email/ Professional Mourner By Susan Scott Morales The woman dressed in black cape and nurse’s cap, reminiscent of Florence Nightingale, held her post next to the podium, next to Lydia’s body. In turn an uncle, friend, cousin stood behind the microphone and spoke to the standing-room-only crowd. When Uncle Alvin lowered his ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/05/14/professional-mourner/ The sun sits squarely in the south shining on the lanky stems of geranium on the bathroom windowsill. The round scalloped leaves stretch toward the warm glass keeping their backsides to me. I tell myself I turn the plants around in the service of beauty and so they don’t lean too far to one side. What I really wish ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/01/26/winter-reds/ An evening of poetry and song by Susan and friends. December 6, 2008 at Elmo's Hideaway, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Poems by Susan: "Longing" "Evaporation" "Hiking up White Horse Hill" "The Petal Sweeper" "One" "Two" "A Walk on Christmas Day" "String of Lights" Works by friends: "Enchiladas" From Recluse at Booknook by Brenda Meisels "Ode to Matchmaking at Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea - ... http://susanscottmorales.com/2009/01/06/a-string-of-lights/