Gathering Together

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Julie Tallard Johnson

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“Our power as individuals is multiplied when we gather together as families, groups, and communities with common goals. It is our collective strength that makes positive change possible in the world.” –Brain Browne Walker, Hexagram #45, Gathering Together As writers we need our tribe to support us in living a creative life. As authors we need our reader tribe. We are not in this alone, even though as we type away at a story or blog we do so on our own. I offer writing and Zero Point circles because everything wants to be round and in relationship. Everything comes … Continue reading →

Promise Me This

Posted on July 27, 2013 by Julie Tallard Johnson

This is the third piece in the Venerable Geshe Lhundup Sopa’s introductory teachings, the “lessons before the lessons.” We are still on the verse taken from Nagarjuna, Letters to a Friend. “Whosoever was negligent previously But later became attentive and careful, Shines forth like the moon freed from clouds, Just like Nanda, Angulimala, Ajustastru, and Udayana.” –Nagarjuna, Letters to a Friend, Verse 14 (Leslie Kawanura) After his teaching, I offer up a commentary, some spiritual journaling prompts, … Continue reading →

The Impossible Task

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Julie Tallard Johnson

“In our era, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action.” –Dag Hammarskjold I feel quite blessed and content in my life but know that through inevitable difficulty (loss of loved ones, or simply through the process of aging for examples), I will experience the pain involved in living. What I have also discovered is that life, when truly lived is full of impossible tasks. I make sure to walk the labyrinth-spiral in our prairie every day at sunrise the week up to my birthday. My fifty-fourth birthday was this past August 16th. I take the time … Continue reading →