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 […]
“The world has been turned upside down, and we’ve been whipsawed, not just by a pandemic, but by the fast-moving stories that went with it. It has disrupted our families, our lives and our projects as well. George Floyd’s murder became a wake-up call, a story that we can no longer ignore, a call to […]
Yesterday my husband and I drove the second leg of our trip to see my brother and sister in law in Ohio. This is only the second time in our ten years together that we have traveled to their home. As I write this, I am sitting in their sunroom with the glow of sunrise […]
I love affirmations. I love and feel the power they offer when done consistently, even on those days we feel they are just words and they are not seeping deep into your bones. The subconscious is always in the background picking up your energy whether you are “tuned in” or not. That is why it […]
New Horizon” target=”_blank”>The photo challenge this week was challenging you to think ahead and show your work in a representative photo. Rather than a resolution I felt compelled to show something that you want to achieve — a rebirth of me! 2017 I hope will take me from a chrysalis to a butterfly. I […]
Yesterday began Lent in the Christian faith. Lent is a season of the Christian Year where Christians focus on simple living, prayer, and fasting in order to grow closer to God. It’s the forty days before Easter. Ash Wednesday usually begins with a service where we recognize our mortality, repent of our sins, and return […]
Gentleness, also translated “meekness,” does not mean weakness. Rather, it involves humility and thankfulness toward God, and polite, restrained behavior toward others. The opposites of gentleness are anger, a desire for revenge, and self-aggrandizement. It takes a strong person to be truly gentle. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow gives us a wonderful illustration of gentleness in […]
practical insanity 