Gaia: Connect. Grow. Inspire. Empower.
For how long have you been living in your current home?
Hollyr
How odd to see this question today! I have been in the same apartment for 16 years -- the longest I lived anywhere, including the house I grew up in. Just yesterday we looked at... More »
How do you feel about strangers?
Hollyr
Strangers are an open book for my imagination. We have no past, only the present condition that brings us together.
Who was the last person you passed by without speaking to?
Hollyr
There was a young man outside the library pretty engrossed in his laptop, and I did not want to intrude. Along comes a gal on her bike. Well, there is two people not speaking, so... More »
What were you thinking about last night?
Hollyr
Wow! Usually by time I get the reflection of the day at least a dozen other people have said something similar to what I would have said. but today only onereply? what is this/?The positive thoughts... More »
What do you prefer to do with others?
Hollyr
Pray. I like to meditate alone, but there is nothing like communal worship. Weddinds and, yes, even funerals I enjoy because they bring a unique set of people - friends of the beloved ones - together... More »
How do you respond to negative people?
Hollyr
If the overwhelming culure of the people or the place is relentlessly negative, I absent myself from it. Some organizations and causes thrive on the negative, either by rewarding it, or even exploiting a bad... More »
What sort of people have you been communicating with?
Hollyr
Family, friends, strangers, cats, dogs, plants, birds. No rabbits lately, and that is kinda sad.
What pattern has characterized your life recently?
Hollyr
A few months ago I fond a book in the teen section about tapping into your psychic abilities. It had a section about the I Ching. Ahh! Hadn't consulted the I Ching since college. I... More »
How do you respond to suffering?
Hollyr
When I suffer, especially heartache, I remember it gives me solidarity with the sacred heart. When Jesus was in the garden of Gethsemane, why did he sweat blood? Because he knew his enemies were going... More »
What was the last thing you found yourself waiting for?
Hollyr
I have been waiting for about a week now to upload this drawing. I'll try again....Once I heard a sermon on the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. The preist explained that the verbs... More »
QaR
September 2008 