The date had been secured, airline tickets bought, plans were made. Specific plans made by me alone. I had visions of how this trip would evolve – the deeper relationship with my travel buddy! And I shared my visions with my walking buddy weeks before the trip. She knew me and my traveling partner. Listening […]
Hope is a quiet, almost invisible force. It cannot be held, measured, or proven in any physical sense, yet, it shapes the way people move through the world. Unlike concrete things, hope does not exist in objects or places – it lives entirely within the mind and heart. It is a feeling, subtle, but powerful, […]
I’ve been walking for a few months now. Not because I suddenly turned into one of those people who loves exercise. Nope. In fact, I used to joke that I was allergic to exercise. (Used to… for those of you who know words have power and are currently side-eyeing me.) A few months ago I […]
Laying on my mat, listing to the sound bath of singing bowls and gongs, my body and mind feel free, open, and harmonious – one with the world. Then the soothing sounds end and the world resumes. I wait. Will harmony return to my body and mind? What happens when I step outside and hear […]
Intuition and flexibility are often misunderstood as opposites of faith, went in truth they can deepen it. Flexibility is not about abandoning what you believe – it is about allowing your belief to breathe. When you become rigid, you limit how the divine can move through your life. But when you are flexible, you create […]
Every February we talk about love. Hearts show up in store windows. Chocolate mysteriously appears on countertops. People start thinking about romance and relationships. And then March arrives… and the conversation disappears. But the truth is, love was never meant to be a one-month holiday. Love shows up in quieter ways. It shows up when […]
Last month I wrote about how curiosity can be a form of love. Asking others questions about assumptions we make about them can be one way to demonstrate that you care. We can be curious through observation as well. Hubbie and I are in a long-term (over 50 year) marriage and there are days when […]
It is one of the oldest questions. The human heart has ever asked. Every culture speaks about it. Every person seeks it. Yet love refuses to be contained in a simple definition. It moves through our lives, like a quiet, current, unseen, but deeply felt.Love is more than emotion. It is a spiritual experience. To […]
There’s a quiet myth many of us were taught growing up. That strength means standing alone. Handle it yourself. Figure it out. Don’t burden anyone. Be strong. On the surface, it sounds admirable. Independent. Capable. Resilient. But over the years, both in my own life and in the work I do with others, I’ve seen […]
We can all do the big things correctly.Those are easy. What actually stays with people are the small moments. The ones that quietly say I see you without needing recognition. Years ago, I wrote about gratitude. At the time, I thought the lesson was simple: say thank you more often. Now I know better. It wasn’t about […]