Day 134 "The soul has no secret that the behavior does not reveal." - Lao Tzu Everyday this week, I've woken up in the middle of the night to find my cat Ippa sitting right next to me, waiting patiently for me to open my arms to let her in to cuddle. She doesn't make a …
Serendipity
Day 114 “The universe is always speaking to us, sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more." – Nancy Thayer It's 4pm on Sunday afternoon. I've just spent most of the day writing my overdue posts, and I'm tired. I still …
Born To Be Wild
Day 71 "To really be free, You need to be free in the mind." - Alexander Loutsis With thoughts of what we can learn from animals still fresh in my mind from yesterday's post, I watched Ippa explore today. I noticed how freely she moves about, completely fearless, without a care in the world, confident that all her …
Feed The Wolf.
Day 61 “There are two wolves inside who are always fighting. One is darkness and despair. The other is light and hope. The question is: Which wolf wins? The one you feed." - A Cherokee Parable I wrote four different articles on four different topics for today's post but not a single one was coming together because …
Divine Beauty
Day 56 "You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!" - Sai Baba I was thinking about expanding on yesterday's theme in today's post. I wanted to talk a bit about staying positive and believing …
Flowers in the Desert
Day 54 "Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit." - Bernard Williams My sister told me about her day at school today. She teaches ESL and her lesson plan involved her students sharing a story related to the topic she was teaching. She shared one student's story with me. This young man, at 16 …
Expression
Day 51 "True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery I contemplated the powers of the peacock in the back of my mind throughout the day today, wondering how that would help me tune into joy. I don't know why that was the …
Joy
Day 50 “Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.” - Wayne Dyer Dear Universe, Please help me tune into my abundance. Let's start with abundant joy. I want to tune into my highest frequency of joy. I want to feel total joy and happiness, without reason. I want to emanate joy …
One
Day 28 "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?" – Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice I was raised in a home with liberal thinking. I wasn't taught to follow any particular dogma, but to have tolerance and respect for different points …
iDifference
Day 25 ”One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious.” – Carl Jung I recently read a book about a near death experience where although the woman was unconscious, she was able to perceive everything that was happening in the room where her body lay. Her family made a decision to stay positive and keep hope alive, even …