Healing from sociopathic abuse is a journey of transforming the mind, body, and soul. It’s an adventure in freedom and fullness. In pursuing beauty, through art, photography, and other creative avenues, we find rest for our souls and healing for our minds. Our bodies are gradually healed, too.
This is the “Daily Practice” of renewing our minds through beauty and truth.
Awful Quiet at Devil's Tower By: Susan Deborah Schiller In the series, "The Daily Practice" of Discovering Beauty in the World In discovering beauty we soak in the presence of our Creator. Beauty changes us – the very cells of our body are renewed and our souls are refreshed. At the top of the ridge I caught sight of […]
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The Daily Practice…. Beauty May Save the World By: Susan Deborah Schiller From the "Daily Practice" of encountering beauty in ordinary things. I woke up one morning with the thought that God wanted to surprise me with the joy of one single dandelion blossoming in the grass. So I grabbed my camera and got […]
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The art of dawdling and wandering leads to childlike wonder and awe By: Susan Deborah Schiller The Daily Practice: To discover beauty and truth within the mystery of an ordinary day and to craft the experience in words. This cormorant rookery has become a sacred place for me, as I quietly glide among the empty […]
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A Holy Hush Before the Grand Show Begins The Daily Practice: To discover beauty and truth within the mystery of an ordinary day and to craft the experience in words. It's March and all around me it seems there is a holy hush before the Grand Show of Spring arrives! I wanted to enter into […]
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Body Love By: Susan Deborah Schiller Today, out of nowhere, I heard an inner voice say, "body love". Maybe that's Yoda-talk for "love your body and take care of it well". It's cold and snowy, and so I make excuses for not going outdoors to walk and inhale the wintery mountain-fresh air. My body aches […]
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Courage, Kindness, and Love Have a Human Face By: Susan Deborah Schiller – The Daily Practice It's Valentine's Day in America, but in some places it's called "Dia de Amor y Carino" (Friendship Day)! Today I have many close friends, but there was a time when I felt isolated and alone, tormented by betrayal and […]
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What it Means to Ask for Great Things By: Susan Deborah Schiller – From the series, "The Daily Practice" The Daily Practice: To discover beauty and truth within the mystery of an ordinary day and to craft the experience in words. Braveheart, to dream big and to ask for great things is a good thing, […]
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Coyote Bounty By: Susan Deborah Schiller The Daily Practice: To discover beauty and truth within the mystery of an ordinary day and to craft the experience in words. "She didn't have handcuffs on," says a full-bearded man, wearing a black jacket with the insignia of the local fire department in bold red letters on his […]
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Thunder in the River By: Susan Schiller Beauty came disguised as thunder in the river on this quiet summer day on the Tongue River in eastern Montana. Humans are a rare event in this rural country and the horses stood curiously in a stand of trees, just watching us paddle our canoe quietly downstream. All […]
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In This Fateful Hour By: Susan Deborah Schiller Prayer by: Madeleine L'Engle Painting by: Akiane Poem by: Danielle Bednarcik In this fateful hour – a time when the earth is covered with darkness – corruption in every level of society, can it be possible that our children have the keys to a brighter future? Not when […]
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