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Sometimes...life is cold, hollow and surreal Sometimes...you just can't unthaw and somehow don't feel real Stiff and stilted, stuck and stymied Life whizzes and whirls...you sit...silent   So sometimes...you pull the veils down grasping at the mists of clouds to...

To see and hear what is, instead of what “should” be, was, or will be. To say what one feels and thinks, instead of what one “should” . To feel what one feels, instead of what one “ought” to feel. To ask for what one wants, instead of always waiting for permission. To...

  In a world that pushes us to do more...consider doing less.  Because who you are in each precious moment is infinitely more important than how many items you check off your "to do" list. Your "to do" list is never-ending and anxiety producing.  But what if you...

  Decide what it will look like when your heart is truly home.  Then go there. Quite a directive, this quote is... it really makes you pause and ponder ... Where is my heart truly home?  What does this "home" look and feel like?  And how in the world do I get...

There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls…...

I sit outside on my deck ... meditating.  My mind is working to be aware of and then just as quickly let go of worries, stories, to-do lists.  I breathe in... and out ... deeply... restoratively.  Now quieter, my mind cues my heart to open ... and emotions flow. ...

I had sweated stressed; calculated and checked, googled and map-quested until my eyes were dry as raisins... all in hopes of the perfect family get-away.  It would be my kids first time out of the US ... even if it was only Canada. But in one simple statement ... in...

  Nurturing, supporting and caring… Understanding, protecting and sharing… Let us all be mothers today in some small way. Nurture a seedling in the soil, support a cause of social justice, care enough to be an ear to listen, a shoulder to lean on. Understand another’s...

At it’s core, gratitude is an affirmation of goodness. When we take time to be grateful, we affirm that there are good things in the world… beauty in nature, warmth and love in relationships and abilities and opportunities we have in our everyday life. Gratitude is...

Yup, it is almost New Years, and we all know what that means, right? New Year’s resolutions. How many years have you made a New Year’s resolution and promised you would stick to it? How many years were you successful? Many people find themselves putting a lot of...