by Lisa McCrohan | Jun 11, 2015 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe, Soulful Poetry
“Mommy,” my five year old daughter quietly calls to me, “Here. I have a heart for you.” She holds a tiny heart-shaped leaf between her little fingers, sweetly twirling the stem back and forth. I wonder, “Where did this come from?” We have a tree that has bigger,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Mar 24, 2015 | Cultivating Compassion, Soulful Poetry
The Holy Mess Lisa A. McCrohan Standing in the mess at my feet of Legos, shoes, and markers on the floor; staring at the mess on the kitchen island of water bottles, pistaccio shells, and half-eaten bread crusts; holding the mess of emotions within me, the unspoken...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 12, 2015 | Cultivating Compassion, Living Your Spirituality in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
Come Closer By Lisa McCrohan What if one day you let the sadness, the grief stuck under your ribs, the regret lodged in your throat, the shame still folding down the corners of those precious lips to come closer to not push them away or angrily shake your finger...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 5, 2015 | Soulful Poetry
It’s Time to Come Inside God won’t let me go looking for love outside myself. “It’s time to come inside,” she said. “It’s time to put your hand to your own cheek and stroke your face with the gentleness of a mother nursing her child. No, I...
by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 5, 2015 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life, Soulful Poetry
Today, the kiddos are heading back to school. Maybe you are thrilled, maybe you feel sad, maybe you are breathing in the spaciousness, maybe you are feeling the familiar “rush to get out the door.” Maybe you don’t know what you feel but you’ve...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 4, 2014 | Soulful Poetry
In the Space of Dying Lisa A. McCrohan You are an ordinary shrub losing its leaves for the winter in a suburban yard that I’ve walked by hundreds – perhaps now thousands – of times. And yet today, I pause in front of you noticing I’m in the space of dying. Leaves...
