Author Archives: rlongwort
Sprouting with Anger
A little anger always lights me up and I am inspired to write. Sometimes I can see my way around it fairly quickly. My Saint Patrick’s Day story is about some anger and the Leprechauns and how the angry Maria dealt with it. I am taking lessons from her. Continue reading
The Ark
Our past within our family of origin has a big impact on us. It is easy to not be aware of how it affects our thinking and how it floods us with yearnings for what cannot be. Continue reading
Asse’s Ears
This story can be considered magical realism and/or active imagination, the former associated with writing and the latter with dreams. Active imagination is when you take the dream and let it come alive in the imagination. Continue reading
Simple Grace
The best birthday is the one where you affirm what you want going forward and I tried to be out in nature, near water, write and paint on the day. I enjoyed my birthday better than any one so far. Continue reading
Religions Ritual
Holy Communion, the Host, is part of the ritual of Rose’s mother religion. She partook of this communion from the age of six, when she received her First Holy Communion, in a white dress and veil and white handbag. She … Continue reading
Climbing the Mountain
Fond memories of going to the west of Ireland to climb the Reek in August with family. Also a dream about the lost pearl earring and truck. Continue reading
I See the Moon, the Moon sees me.
Going outside to bathe in the moonlight is often a ritual I preform in my front porch, face to the moon, hopefully meditating. So when this past eclipse came along I was excited to have a new experience and I did. Continue reading
The Importance of being in Earnest
A story about how meditation and yoga are connected for me and how they interweave with my attempt at having a spiritual life. Continue reading
Trespasses and Debts
I feel obligated to work on a few of my own dreams in this New Year. It is easy to talk about the dreams of others and ignore my own. So I am chastised to have a better attitude and to bring in some fresh air to myself, perhaps the air of Life that is available. Continue reading
Rose Longworth Counseling 