Happy New Year!! 2021 is officially behind us and the New Year stretches out before us like a much-anticipated invitation. An invitation to a fresh start, to new beginnings, to beckoning adventures, and to countless...
How does it feel to be in the final week of 2021? If you are like me, it seems like the year whizzed by! Several members of my family have an app on their phone called “Collect”. It is basically a calendar where...
This holiday season has felt different for many people with whom I have spoken. Monitoring the rise and fall of COVID infection rates, deciding whether to travel to see family, wondering about boosters and new...
Attention functions in our minds like water and sunlight do for plants. Whatever we pay attention to – grows. If we pay attention to our worries, our anxiety grows. If we pay attention to our resentments, then they...
With every breath I take today I vow to be awake And every step I take I vow to take with a grateful heart So I may see with eyes of love Into the hearts of all I meet To ease their burden when I can And touch them...
Routines can help us accomplish mundane tasks, but life is meant to be lived! If we aren’t careful, we can find ourselves just going through the motions. So, take a different route to work. Go see some live music....
There is no one among us who has gone through their lives without experiencing pain, disappointment, disillusionment and trauma. The hard work we do to heal from and integrate those experiences has a far-reaching...
You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? “Well because someone bumped into me, of...
This one goes way back. The song, “What the World Needs Now” was first recorded in 1965 by Jackie DeShannon. The lyrics were written by Hal David and the music was composed by Burt Bacharach. Even if none of...
There is a stretch of beach at Ft. Desoto State Park that is typically pretty deserted – especially towards the end of the day. You can stroll along listening to the surf roll in and watching the sandpipers scurry...
One of the challenges of living through difficult times is that the difficulties often fill our whole awareness. It is so important to ensure that even in the midst of challenging times we continue to recognize the...
Have you ever discovered a hidden talent? Found unexpected strength when the chips were down? Realized that certain things just come easily for you? A wise person once observed, “The universe buries strange jewels...