What Makes You Lose Track of Time?

When you hear the word zeal, what do you think of? I used to think it meant endless energy, nonstop enthusiasm, and enough caffeine to keep a small army awake. Then I spent an afternoon at my desk with a cup of tea and completely lost…

Come Out From Under Your Basket

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day. Marian Wright Edelman Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.…

Glow Up

A “glow “or “glow up” is often described as a visible transformation, but at its core, it’s much deeper than appearances. It reflects a shift in energy, mindset, and the way a person carries themselves. When someone is said to be “glowing“…

The Cliff That Wasn’t There

Faith is hard. Why? Because it’s hard to have faith in something you can’t see, touch, or prove. You might feel it in your heart… but your brain? Your brain has opinions. And it will happily try to talk you out of the very thing your…

Expecting This?

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…

Hope

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…

The Thriving Times — May 2026

Balance, Blisters, and Being Humbled by an 80-Year-Old

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…

Living a harmonious life?

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…