71 days….When the Week Kicks Your…

Problems are messages. ~Shakti Gawain~ Some days are good, and others are not.  It is the balance of life.  I understand that.  But for all the miles I have traveled, and all the lessons I have learned, it never ceases to surprise me when a day sucks me into a deep...

Zombie Reality Check…

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new. ~Brian Tracy~ Are you living a mindless life or a mindful one?I love a good zombie flick, so this is the right time of  year for me.  All...

The Last Ordinary Day

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love. ~Henry Drummond~ As are so many, I’ve been thinking about the 10th anniversary of 9/11.  I told myself I was...

Lessons From the Road….

…he allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Love in the Time...

Pema Chodron-We Just Don’t Know….

  When we think that something is going to bring us pleasure, we don’t know what’s really going to happen. When we think something is going to give us misery, we don’t know. Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. We try to do...

25 Years Ago Today…Happy Birthday Stephen

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.” ~ Agatha Christie~Today Is Stephen’s 25th birthday. It is a quiet day...