Every year I make it a point to watch “It’s A Wonderful Life” during the month of December. There are other little traditions I also practice that I find comfort in as the new year approaches. I love to pray on choosing a “word” I hold for the new year, I reread books including Brendon Burchard’s “Motivation […]
Week Forty-Six: Falling Upward: The Second Half of Life Honoring the First Half Second-half-of-life people soulfully create room to honor the needs of the first. Father Richard writes: If we are on course at all, our world grows much larger in the second half of life. But I must say that, in yet another paradox, […]
Whether we notice or not, most of us tend to repeat the same tasks day in and day out. This constant repetition can make life boring and monotonous. Don’t get me wrong– routines are good and I live with a man who embraces the good routine with open arms! Routines are comfortable and predicable. I […]
I often get in the shower or sit in the tub when I feel stressed. I stand there, imagining I am washing away all the troubles and stress while asking for a freshness, a newness to come over my life. The other day I was out running errands and it started to rain. I did […]
Word of the Year – KAIZEN Kaizen is a Japanese word taken from words ‘Kai’, which means continuous and ‘zen’ which means improvement. Some translate ‘Kai’ to mean change and ‘zen’ to mean good, or for the better. CHANGE FOR THE BETTER This is how I wish to approach 2023! With small, incremental and consistent […]
When I was a kid, Christmas was my favorite holiday, hands down! Special decorations, shiny things, presents and all the traditions that only come in December. As I have gotten older, the magic of Christmas morning has changed to a profound awareness of thanksgiving and gratitude during the Thanksgiving season. Maybe because with each passing […]
Well, this has been the year. Covid has been around for a year now and the back to normal life will be slow to arrive. I know if you are like me, this is starting to get irritating. Looking back, it did give me time to slow down and to make some changes. I’ve had […]
I have been getting “messages” pretty strongly in the past few weeks to pay closer attention to the voices in my head. We all have them. Some came from parents, others from kids and teachers growing up and still more just by being a living, breathing human interacting in the world. We take in and […]
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 […]
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