There’s a familiar quote: “Life is about the journey, not the destination.” That concept is so sweet in theory and so very sticky in practice. Let’s face it. When we identify something we want, it’s hard to wait for it to show up. When money is tight, it’s difficult to enjoy a journey fraught with…
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with my 16 year old daughter, Callie. To mitigate the mind-numbing boredom of a cold, wet, dreary April quarantine, she started painting. Callie said, “Mom, do you realize that in the future, this time period will be famous for a renaissance in art, poetry and literature? People will probably…
My dear friend, Dionne Kress, inspired me to meditate on the words “The space between”. This was written during that meditative state: The space between breaths, life and death, matter in an atom, heartbeats, love and loss, the inception of a desire and its fulfillment, sky between the mountains, mountain between the skies, me between…
There isn’t a single human being on the planet who hasn’t experienced loneliness. Ironically, humanity is united in the shared experience of this deeply personal emotion. We all know what it’s like to feel lonely. What if loneliness is actually a gift? I spent quite a bit of time traveling in Eastern Europe in my early…
I Attracted This. Those words hold great power… but also great danger. Power comes from focusing forward: Why did I attract this? What golden nugget of wisdom and insight lies waiting to be uncovered? The danger comes from focusing backward: How did I attract this? Guilt and self-blame are not simply unproductive. They rob you…