Confused…..pause

What happens when we, you and I, get confused, worried or fearful?   We keep talking, we talk to ourselves and others.  But, if we are talking, how can we hear or listen? Mindful meditation is a practice that allows us to pause long enough to drop from our incessant chattering minds down to our hearts […]

How did we do?

How committed are we to self-care?   Respond to the following 3 questions and find out:  Are we present and aware of our internal conversations or do we allow our default mode conversations to take over?  When needed, are we sending ourselves healing words of comfort, understanding and kindness or are our words harsh, blaming and […]

A Rose

God must have known love would hurt at times.  He must have known people would experience hurtful memories then try to forget and forgive. Perhaps that’s why there are thorns on a rose.  A reminder that love is bittersweet and never dies.

Say What?

If or when we hear ourselves say, “You made me feel _____,”   STOP and remember this, no person, place or thing can make us, you or me,  feel good or bad, loved or unloved, accepted or unaccepted, angry or peaceful unless we give our power to self-love, self-compassion and self–acceptance over to them.  Maya Angelou […]

How we love matters

It’s not what we love but HOW we love that matters.  Why? Conditional and Unconditional love influences our patience, kindness and forgiveness toward ourselves and others.  It influences how we remember yesterday and sets expectations for today. Conditional love is an if love – if you do this then _____.  Unconditional love acknowledges all have […]

Love, the missing piece

What everyone knows and needs can be found in one song: There’s nothing we can do that can’t be done.    Nothing we can sing that can’t be sung.   Nothing we can say but we can learn how to play the game.    There’s nothing we can make that can’t be made.   No one we […]

One thing that can…..

What is ONE thing that can: lead to peace and understanding find the power to forgive share and speak the same language embrace the lonely and feed the hungry The answer is and always will be: LOVE

Our True Essence

When we recognize our true essence, we live knowing we are more than our five senses.  We walk by faith fearless, courageous unmoved.  We become the knowing that there is something bigger than you or I could ever imagine. We become the flow, resisting nothing.  We become the peace that surpasses all understanding.    We become free […]