Gathering Gold

The Goodness of Ordinary Life


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What does it mean to live up to our potential, to fully experience life and to feel our lives are enough? Are we stuck choosing between constant striving for bigger and better or settling for boredom and apathy? In today’s episode, Sheryl shares memories of her grandparents that continue to inspire and inform her view of what it means to live a beautiful, simple, good life. Victoria unpacks some of her fear and shame around what it means to do and be “enough,” and asks Sheryl what has helped her to let go of the restlessness and fantasy that often color our younger years. Ultimately, we explore how approaching our daily lives with reverence and presence can lead us to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, and help us to experience greater contentment, connection and aliveness right here, right now. 

References:

  • The Red Wheelbarrow” by William Carlos Williams
  • It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
  • Soul (2020)
  • Family Man (2000)
  • Contemplative artist and spiritual director, Maria Bowler
  • Richard Rohr
  • Fred Rogers
  • ...more
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    Gathering GoldBy Sheryl Paul and Victoria Russell

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