I recently returned from a wonderful vacation road trip during which I had some good time to listen to a variety of the life all around me. I realized again how important listening is to me, how important listening is to engaging life fully, how important it is to connecting to others, to creating harmony …
Have you ever needed to face or do something and you didn’t know where to begin? Or were handed a project that you didn’t know anything about? Or were given a life challenge and wondered how you would get through it? The truth is something of this nature comes up in our lives every day. …
I’m asking these questions because I’ve been hearing a lot about holiday stress. It seems to be about our longing to
“My religion is kindness.” – The Dalai Lama What are all these musicians doing? In my last newsletter I offered a question to promote meaningful conversations between people like family or friends or co-workers. That question was “What did you do today that you would like some acknowledgment for?” I heard from people about the …
It’s all about love…really! I know this might sound cliché and especially given that this is Valentine’s week and there is so much attention given to romantic gestures to express love and attachment. For anyone who pays attention, we know that romantic gestures alone don’t sustain love or relationship over time. Don’t get me wrong, …
Change Happens! I know that this is no surprise to most of us. I say most of us because it seems that resisting change is quite rampant in our culture. So many arguments on the news and so many social complaints are over changes that are occurring, suggested, or wanted. In the last few weeks …
I’ve been thinking about imprinting lately. It was triggered by my noticing the whole body mark I made on a pool deck when I laid down wet. (oh, I was in a warm spot – Hawaii – when this happen in November!) I was instantly struck with the thought that I’m making my mark on …
I just received a thank you note and the sender personally let me know the impact my gift is making. Reading it my heart swelled a bit and warmth spread into my torso. My gift benefited others, and I benefited as well. That wasn’t a conscious intention, but that is the natural action of gifting. …
Positive change in any area of our life – relationship, health, work, community – begins with a conscious commitment. For example, criticism and blame in relationship ends with an ongoing commitment to catch ourselves and shift to new behaviors of acceptance and love. Improving our health begins with a commitment to eat nutritiously and make …
It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you really are. e. e. cummings Sitting here in my front garden under the tall service berry bush and surrounded by blooming plants I marvel at the quest of nature to expand and express itself. And there are so many expressions and forms …