Sunrise is a magical time. The birds know it. They stretch their wings, sing songs, celebrate. The earth says wake up there

On this marked day of renewal for life, for love, for all sentient beings on this Earth, I offer this prayer.

We have within us an ancient mind and a future one. What if humanity is at a choice point where we must choose between two different paths?

It’s so easy to believe what we see, feel or were taught when there is so much more. Sometimes it takes someone else holding a light for us.

Those three words are so helpful to hear when I’m struggling with self-acceptance. As a child I wasn’t believed.

When the story of our past holds so much trauma it blurs the present, one may feel they are swimming upstream. There's more to us than ego.

Every time I ignore the knock knock, my reservoir empties more. But I found a way to ground by doing forest bathing.

I fell in love with poetry. There was one poem that was my favorite. I read it often. I knew it by heart. It popped up a lot in my life.

Life gives us opportunities and some of them appear to be safe and some not. Some decisions lead nowhere and cause me pain.

by David Stephenson. Winter has a lot in common with COVID, like being in a dark cave. But there’s another side to Winter I want to explore

I remember the day I started a support group for parents and caregivers of chronically ill and special needs children. It didn't go well.

I choose acceptance over resistance. I choose to pause and listen rather than assume. I choose full responsibility for my actions.

As you practice silence, be patient with your mind. It is the web that we peer through to see our divine nature.

I've talked about my commitment to serenity. I make it sound so simple. Words are easy to say. But how to truly live by them?

I didn’t have adults around me who took the time to fully listen when I spoke. To this day, I'm sensitive to someone who's half there.

On the other side of this pandemic, we will have changed. We'll be sadder, happier, wiser, and stronger. I ask myself three life questions.

My body is a feedback system. I tune in every morning and get today’s forecast. Am I in my body? I feel my body sensations.

At times, I have been so overcome by words, I feel violated. Words have energy and carry the same force and effect as they intend.

I didn’t know my strength until I was broken open. Life dealt circumstances and I learned It takes a catastrophe to wake us up.

In my Silence, I feel my pain rise, discomfort grow, fear grip me. Sometimes I feel anger bump against my insides. Breath helps it dissipate