Author Archives: Bob Patrick

Patched Potholes

Posted on November 15, 2024 by Bob Patrick

One morning you might wake upto realize that the knot in your stomachhad loosened itself and slipped away,and that the pit of unfulfilled longing in your hearthad gradually, and without your really noticing,been filled in—patched like a pothole, not quitethe … Continue reading →

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Two Kinds of Repair

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Bob Patrick

I’m writing this just five days after the election, and I’m finding that most of my energy wants to go down and inside myself. I can find others around me in this same environment who seem to be moved by … Continue reading →

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Missing the Mark

Posted on November 8, 2024 by Bob Patrick

Whatever our work in the world is, we eventually know when we have done what we intended to do, and whether that has turned out as we had expected.  This “work in the world” can be our professional work. It … Continue reading →

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Two Bookends and a Center

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Bob Patrick

Today we begin the theme for the month of November: Living Love Through the Practice of Repair. I see this theme as a couple of beautiful bookends with a center that could be troubling for us.  The first bookend is … Continue reading →

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Social-beat

Posted on October 30, 2024 by Bob Patrick

We recently considered the practice of listening to our own heart-beat as a way of listening to personal wisdom. I think there is another kind of listening that we can open to. It’s not our heart-beat, but the social-beat, if … Continue reading →

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Heart-Beat

Posted on October 28, 2024 by Bob Patrick

Have you ever heard your own heart beating? It might have happened in some big, demanding moment.  Maybe you had to engage in some very demanding physical activity (running, lifting, holding, carrying) and when you finished the activity, you could … Continue reading →

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Guidance

Posted on October 25, 2024 by Bob Patrick

In these remaining days before our national election, there are so many voices and messages vying for our attention. If we want to be responsible participants in our democracy, most of us feel like we have an obligation to listen, … Continue reading →

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