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500 Words: Fact or Feeling?

March 15, 2021 By Therese DesCamp Leave a Comment

Two conversations and two questions: in the first exchange, a woman assured me that she was right in her stance about wearing/not wearing a mask because she could “feel it in her body.” In the second, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: 500 words, community, connection, curiosity, facts, feelings, logic, mistrust, Pandemic, Practices, sensation, trauma, values

Pandemic Response in Four Dimensions

January 30, 2021 By Therese DesCamp Leave a Comment

“Are we all going through a dark night of the soul?” he said. “That’s what one of my teachers said last week.” I have pondered that question for a month and have decided that I disagree. I do … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion Tagged With: dark night, delusion, denial, depression, love, other, Pandemic, suffering

500 Words, November 2020: A Certain Kind of Blindness

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp 1 Comment

If the recent snowfall made you dream about mai-tais on the beach or desert hikes; if you’re longing for the simple joy of hanging out; if you’re craving dinner parties and indiscriminate hugs; I say, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: blindness, community, inequity, normal, Pandemic, privilege

500 Words, October 2020: Playing with Transformers

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp Leave a Comment

My grandson, Noah, is captivated by Transformers, those toys depicting sentient robots that configure themselves into other forms. The longest hour of my life was when he read me the Ultimate Guide to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: blame, community, moral compass, omnishambles, Pandemic, reason, transformation

500 Words, September 2020: Over the Meth Lab

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp Leave a Comment

One of the jokes going around has it that being a Canadian these days is like living over a meth lab. When I first heard this line, it was in reference to the intentionally stoked fear and loathing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: community, grief, integrity, meth lab, new birth, Pandemic, suffering

500 Words, August 2020: False Flat

December 10, 2020 By Therese DesCamp Leave a Comment

Recently, my sister introduced me to the term “false flat.” The phrase, coined by bicyclists, refers to a stretch that appears to offer easy riding but actually inclines uphill. The rider is seduced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Discussion, Uncategorized Tagged With: 500 words, companion, Compassion, False Flat, Pandemic, practice, spiritual

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