I woke today from gratitude-filled dreams and realized that it has been six weeks since my sweetie came home from his adventures in the hospital. Challenges truly do make gratitude easy. My sweetie is still here. He is growing stronger each day. The feedback from doctors and physical therapists continues to be positive, and little […]
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Typically, there is no great fanfare at the beginning of a new idea or dream. There is simply a desire to move and a quiet wisdom within that says yes… and from that yes comes conscious action. No matter how small, conscious baby steps can spark miracles. We set energy in motion, make ourselves available
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The greatest spiritual teachings all point us toward one thing—unconditional love. And therein lies the struggle for many of us. We want to be loved. We want to love. Yet when love does not look the way we expected, we can begin to believe it is unavailable with that person, or even within ourselves. So
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Last night, in the trees near our home, I heard two owls calling to one another through the darkness. I couldn’t see them, yet their voices were so clear in the night that it seemed as though the whole neighborhood had grown still enough to listen. One would call, and after a moment the other
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There’s something beautiful about exploring the many pathways into Love. Every interaction provides an opportunity to offer oneself in service, reach out to someone in need, tend to Mother Earth, or hold space for another. Each of us could find a unique way to express Love and still, there would be more to discover. Consider
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A little note before we begin: this one is longer than my usual posts. Some teachings arrive as a sentence. Others need room to unfold. This one asked for a little more space. I had a lovely chat with one of my teachers yesterday. For more than thirty years Jose Stevens has shared his wisdom,
Yesterday I noticed a few strange little creatures wandering around the bottom of my pond. I took a picture, did some investigating, and discovered that my mysterious new tenants were dragonfly nymphs. Then I found the second creature pictured here—or rather, what was left of one. It was an empty exoskeleton. Dragonflies begin their lives
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There are times when humanity seems to gather around a new fear. It may wear the face of environmental crisis, war, political upheaval, technology, disease, or those who seek power through domination. The form changes, yet the ancient response is familiar. We imagine the worst, project ourselves into a future that has not arrived, and
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There are five sacred forces moving through our lives at all times: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, and Spirit. Each carries its own wisdom, and together they create the alchemy of an enchanted life. Earth brings us into the body. It is the meal prepared with care, the garden beneath our hands, the money we manage,
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Solitary practice is an essential part of spiritual development. There are truths we can only hear when the noise falls away and we are left alone with our own breath, our own questions, our own becoming. In solitude, we begin to recognize the shape of our inner world. We learn what belongs to us, what
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