Contentment. con·tent·ment/kənˈtentmənt/ Learn to pronounce nounnoun: contentment a state of happiness and satisfaction. We have all had periods of unhappiness and stress in our lives. Somehow when we hit those low points we tell ourselves we are the only ones. The “other person” over there has no idea, they are at perfect peace and content […]
In my variety of readings this Christmas Eve morning, I read Seth Godin’s blog post about “the seeds we plant.” It resonated with me on many levels. I know many of us feel that 2020 was a horrible, even wasted year, but that may not be true. Yes, schedules were interrupted, goals revised or thrown […]
Each year I choose a word that I live with and really dig into throughout the year. Last year in 2020, my word was WISDOM (discernment) and boy oh boy did I learn A LOT! In a year of huge change and life looking nothing like we are used to, this year gave me ample […]
This morning during my meditation time one of my readings came from Mark Nepo’s Book of Awakening. The title read, “To Marry One’s Soul”. Even before I began to read, I paused and sat with this idea for several minutes. What can up for me was no only beautiful, but powerful. I would love for […]
2020 has been a year! You are welcome to insert the kind of year it has been for you and it’s perfectly fine to have more than one adjective to describe it. We are on the back end with just a couple of months to go and a new year just around the corner. Of […]
You know the song… “rainy days and Monday’s always get me down.” Well I can’t really say that rainy days or Monday’s get me down but I can tell you that there are things that really do get me down. I think all of us share that commonality. They may not be the same issues […]
Do you like to read? I do! I love to hold a book in my hands, curl down the pages, write in the margins, highlight and underline and rewrite things that strike a cord with me. Back in December of 2019, I chose my “word for the year” which came out of weeks of quiet […]
On Saturday I will turn 57. I don’t feel 57…whatever that is actually supposed to feel like. When I put my life on a timeline and see that I am closer to the end of being in this body than the beginning makes me, not only appreciate each day I get the privilege of waking […]
Jesus said, “I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly.” Is this the life you want? I know I do. Jesus’ life is a blueprint of how we are asked to live. John O’Donohue wrote, “Jesus never avocated a life that confined itself with safe, complacent walls.” Jesus called people […]
Successful people all over the world use visualization to spawn dreams into reality realms. Visualization is just like dreaming but with an intention or purpose. It’s mind over matter. It’s constructing life from a space inside our brains. Visualization is not about winning as much as it is about self-improvement. With visualization, you can create […]
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