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Do you live in your head? I do. Constantly. I’ve been a watcher since I was a child. I observe people and behaviors. I watch the theater that happens all around me, most of the time without being Read the rest of this entry ?
SERENDIPITY (Photo credit: alex drennan)
It’s always amazing to me when things just fall into place. I’ve been a witness to just such an event recently.A little over a week ago, as my aunt and I sat on my parents front porch talking, she mentioned how good it had been to catch up with my mom and a couple of friends while she was visiting. (Her house burned a couple of years ago, and she moved to live with a friend two hours away.) She hasn’t really made many friends in her new city, and she finds it a tad lonely at times. Read the rest of this entry ?
Our days are getting warmer here and the morning dew reveals things I usually don’t see. This morning I walked past the same patch of grass as yesterday but today I noticed a cobweb in the grass highlighted by the dew and morning light. On my walk back I noticed another delicate cobweb in a Lantana bush. The spider’s web has probably been there every day but I had not seen it until today. I stopped to consider my next thought: this is what hope looks like. What we wish for or dream of could be so close but it’s not the right time to see it or experience it. Read the rest of this entry ?
Feedback I’ve received recently about people’s lives being transformed has made my heart sing. I am so excited to hear how the Heal Your Life and mind-body skills work, which I have been so inspired by, is making such huge differences in people’s lives. When I hear stories of people feeling like they have a new life from implementing the relatively easy tools I share in my workshops and coaching, I am inspired to keep following my heart and doing the work I love, which doesn’t even feel like work. Read the rest of this entry ?
Rain (Photo credit: eirikso)
The rain drenched city stretched out in front of me as I got off the interstate this morning. Traffic wasn’t too bad, all things considered, and I’d made it to that point in the usual commute time. I thought about work most of the way in, and a couple of situations that have been trying to say the least. The situations had me spun up yesterday, but as I drove in the rain, Read the rest of this entry ?
I’ve been reading about the anniversary of New Zealand’s devastating earthquake a year ago. I didn’t know they were still experiencing aftershocks nor realize the amount of destruction in Christchurch. Reading this story reminded me of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. My heart goes out to them as they deal with rebuilding and wondering if another earthquake is coming soon.
Thinking about New Zealand reminded me of my childhood pen pal, Selena, who lived in New Zealand when we were writing to each other back in the 1970s. I haven’t thought about her in several years but now I wonder how she’s doing and what has happened to her. Was she affected directly by these earthquakes? What is her life like now? Read the rest of this entry ?
It’s a day for lovers. It’s a day of flowers, candy, romantic dinners and steamy evenings! But, what if you don’t have a Valentine? Then what? Read the rest of this entry ?
Forgiveness & Rememberance (Photo credit: alex drennan)
I’ve been trying to write this particular blog for several months now, because it’s a topic that has been on my mind for a while: Is forgiveness a onetime deal? If I’ve forgiven the person involved in the wrong, shouldn’t I be able to just “let it go” and not think about it again? Once forgiven, it’s done, it’s over, there’s nothing else to process about it, right? Read the rest of this entry ?
The other night as I left the building and entered the parking garage, there was a young man standing next to a parked car just three spaces down from my car. He immediately asked me which car was mine, freaking me out just a little. I stopped moving, staying closer to the building than to him or my car and took in the situation: Read the rest of this entry ?
I am in Washington DC attending the Center for Mind Body Medicine’s Advanced Training. I realized yesterday at lunch that I desire to practice mindful eating more often. The realization came to me as we were beginning lunch when the facilitator invited us to offer gratitude for the meal we were about to eat, and I had already gobbled down half my plate. I wondered in that moment why in the world I eat so fast. It has been a way of life for me as long as I remember, and I don’t enjoy almost always being the first one finished with a meal. Read the rest of this entry ?
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