by Jenna Kominski | Sep 23, 2019 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Through every challenge and every tragedy, the transformative power of courageous compassion shines through in the lives of people who answer the call of spiritual luminaries like St. Francis of Assisi – where there is hatred, let me sow love, where there is injury,...
by Jenna Kominski | Sep 16, 2019 | Inspiration, Monday Message
Sometimes the bad news can be so noisy. It demands our attention and tries to shape our perspective. The point at which it becomes dangerous, however, is when we no longer feel that our contribution matters. When we think that our efforts to bring some goodness and...
by Jenna Kominski | Sep 9, 2019 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Transformation is hard work. It often involves sweat and struggle and frustrating setbacks before you become what you hope to be. But people tend to want to hear about results, not struggles. As Maya Angelou once said, “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but...
by Jenna Kominski | Aug 26, 2019 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Carolyn Myss wrote, “The soul usually knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind.” Whatever we are going through, whatever difficulties we are facing, whatever hardships or hurts that we are dealing with, may we find the space and time to...
by Jenna Kominski | Aug 19, 2019 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Gratitude is not an experience that is relegated to sunny days when everything is coming up roses. As M J Ryan, one of the creators of the book Random Acts of Kindness writes, “In the moments we are awake to the wonder of simply being alive, gratitude flows, no matter...
by Jenna Kominski | Aug 5, 2019 | Monday Message, Monday Motivation
Years ago, my family and I were in a fairly small boat off the coast of Ireland headed for the Skelligs – a grouping of small islands with rock formations that rise majestically out of the sea. One of the islands, Skellig Michael, was the site of a monastery made...
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