The Self

Sometimes you have to be who you aren’t in order to discover who you are. Inner journeys through darkness bring about a yearning for light and the search then takes us exactly where we need to go. The greatest gifts can be found in the unlikeliest of places. Don’t fear the shadow side of your […]

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Your Sacred Space

A day of gratitude, expansion, healing and growth begins the moment you awaken. If you haven’t properly tended to the energy in the household, layers of emotional sludge begin to build up and it can be challenging to begin the day with a clear heart and mind. Everything in the home space has a definitive

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It’s Not Personal

\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to ‘ride’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know

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It\\’s Not Personal

\\\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to \\’ride\\’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\\\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know

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It\\’s Not Personal

\\\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to \\’ride\\’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\\\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know

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It’s Not Personal

\”Life is a continuous ebb and flow, like the seasons, like the ocean’s waves. When we learn to ‘ride’ with them, our life becomes easier, with less resistance.\” ~Romy Macias~ Yesterday I was on the receiving end of a barrage of anger from a neighbor. Because I am not bi-lingual, it was difficult to know

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Love Begets Love

When you feel the brunt of someone’s anger, be compassionate instead of defensive. When you are triggered and the ego wants to withhold, consciously move forward with kindness instead. When you are judged… Be love. Acceptance, unconditional love, honoring all life as sacred, being the peace you wish to see, Radical Forgiveness… all these concepts

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Hatred Begets Hatred

\”If people can learn to hate they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than it’s opposite.\” ~Nelson Mandela~ The ego has a vested interest in being right. It creates opinions based upon ones level of consciousness, attaches to them, and sees opposing viewpoints as wrong. To strengthen

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Yes

“The magic in this world seems to work in whispers and small kindnesses.” ~Charles de Lint~ Yesterday I stepped outside into a gentle rain. Breathing slowly, I attuned myself to the world around me – birds singing, the scent of jasmine, dogs playing and the sound of cars in the distance. In that moment all

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Imagination

“Without leaps of imagination or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all is a form of planning.” ~Gloria Steinem~ Some people can look at a stone or a piece of wood and see something unique and beautiful waiting to emerge. They look through the lens of possibility and dare to remove the

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