Welcoming the New Year with an Open Heart
I had this really great and “philosophical” post about new years resolutions written and ready to post and I made one wrong move and all 700 words or more are now somewhere in cyberspace never to be...
View ArticleStart with the bigger picture and worry about the details later
Recently I’ve been learning about composition in creating two dimensional art. It’s not just about how the objects relate to each other, it’s also about how the artist relates to the objects. The first...
View ArticleA Beautiful Lesson in the Art of Giving and Receiving
Today I went for a walk, little did I know that I would be taught a most valuable lesson about giving and receiving, from a 4 year old girl. About 1/2 way through my walk I crossed paths with two women...
View ArticleLetting Go of “Why” and “How”
Serendipity is one of my favorite words – it means a “fortunate happenstance” or “pleasant surprise”. Lately though, I’ve been thinking more and more about the role faith and the power of conscious...
View ArticleChoosing Hope Over Fear and Worry
A few weeks ago my youngest son and I watched the movie “A Bridge of Spies,” a modern day interpretation of actual events that happened during the time of the Cold War; it was a story of espionage,...
View ArticleI Accept Guidance
Of all of the lessons I’ve learned over the past few years, this one has been the most difficult. Not so much from a standpoint of turning to others for guidance, but more about accepting help from...
View ArticleHome is Where the Heart is
You can only lose what you cling to. — Buddha The image of my beautiful three story colonial was blurred in the rear-view mirror, as we pulled out of the driveway while returning the farewell waves and...
View ArticleTuning into Life in Liverpool
It’s a little hard to wrap my head around the fact that I’ve moved four times in the past 11 years. First from a five-bedroom house in Omaha, NE to a three bedroom apartment in Yardley, a township in...
View ArticleRoads May Be Winding, but They Always Bring Us Home
Throughout my life, I’ve learned that home is not a place – it’s a state of mind. While sitting on a stool at my kitchen counter, my eyes were drawn to the pond just past my sliding glass door and...
View ArticleDear Betty Boop, Embrace What Life Offers in the Moment…
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” ~ Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni I’ve heard the quote many times before but never knew who to credit – after much Googling, I’m still not...
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