by Karen Kurzmeyer | Mar 4, 2021
Waking up. “All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated, a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is...
by Karen Kurzmeyer | Jan 20, 2021
Finding presence in 2021 It is a winter wonderland outside as I write this. We no longer have darkness at night in Luzern but a gentle, hazy glow that beckons me to look outside just one more time if I’m restless and not sleeping. I love the silence that a blanket of...
by Karen Kurzmeyer | Oct 10, 2019
The Art of Living – mindful presence There is a line from James Joyce where he wrote of one character, “Mr. Duffy lived a short distance from his body.”I was listening to Jack Kornfield early on Sunday morning, with his soft, patient, compassionate...