“You don’t have to rebuild a relationship with everyone you’ve forgiven.” ~Unknown It’s natural, when you’re hurting and lonely, to want to reach out to people you’ve been close to in the past. Especially if there’s unfinished business with someone. And especially given the added isolation that comes with a global pandemic. Whether or not […]
“No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.” ~Alice Walker When I was a child and in my early teenage years, I was a free bird. I laughed easily, loved life, never worried, and dreamed big. I thought the best of others, the glass was always full. I […]
“How you do one thing is how you do everything.” ~Unknown One afternoon, during a particularly low slump, I was getting out of the shower. Quickly reaching for something on the sink, I knocked an old glass off the counter, shattering it onto the floor. In most cases, one might experience stress, frustration, or sadness […]
“Always concentrate on how far you’ve come, rather than how far you have left to go.” ~Unknown I recently read Glennon Doyle’s Untamed, and like many who have read it, I felt as if it had changed my life—but not because it made me think of all the things I was capable of (as was […]
“Awareness is the greatest agent for change.” ~Eckhart Tolle There are two ways to live life. One is a more reactive approach, where you fight back when you encounter challenges in your personal or professional life. The other is a more proactive one where you are mindful of the trends within you and around you […]
“Remember that not getting what you want Is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” ~Dalai Lama Let me tell you a story. I first read it in a book on Taoism, but I’ve seen it in at least a dozen other places since then, each with its own variation. Here’s the gist: There’s this farmer. His favorite horse […]
Another surreal holiday in the books, for those of us in the US that is. I hope you all had a love-filled day yesterday, even if that love was sent from afar. I was 3,000 miles away from my family, though fortunate to be with my boyfriend’s parents. After I ate way too much tofurkey […]
“Don’t let your fear paralyze you. The scariest paths often lead to the most exciting places.” ~Lori Deschene I first learned about the concept of focus creating reality in 2004 when I was given William Whitecloud’s book The Magician’s Way. The first chapter is about the main character having a magic golf lesson. He learns […]
“Everything you ever wanted is one step outside your comfort zone.” ~Unknown We’ve all seen this quote or similar ones. All the magic, growth, and transformation seem to happen there. Not everything that happens outside the comfort zone is magical though. So, when we go wandering, leaving the safe shores, we also need to be […]
“Holding on is believing that there’s only a past; letting go is knowing that there’s a future.” ~Daphne Rose Kingma One of the most challenging things in life is knowing when to let go—when to let go of a job, a relationship, a belief, a repeating thought, a situation… fill in the blank. Most of […]
