by Kim Ort | Jan 20, 2016 | Acceptance, Contemplation, Simplicity / Minimalism, Themes
Old Man Winter finally arrived here in Niagara. He was very late in coming, thanks to El Nino. There are some aspects of this season I truly enjoy – the first snowfall, reading in front of the fire, hearty soups – however, the cold and lack of...
by Kim Ort | Sep 8, 2015 | Acceptance, Adventures in Seeing, Books, Consolations, Contemplation
This week David Whyte brings a whole new dimension to the word “denial.” He says, Denial is underestimated as a state of being. Denial is an ever present and splendid thing when seen in the light of its merciful and elemental powers to cradle and hold an...
by Kim Ort | Aug 6, 2015 | Acceptance, Books, Essence, Humility, Spirituality, Zen Buddhism
Wabi-sabi refers to an elusive and elegant beauty. Wabi suggests a beauty of elegant imperfection. Sabi means loneliness or rather aloneness. Together, they suggest the beauty of ‘the withered, weathered, tarnished, scarred, intimate, coarse, earthly,...
