If a picture paints a thousand words then what is the story of this one? I love this picture because for me it represents the best perspective on our lives. In the background is a house. It is not a new house. It is not a stereotypically beautiful house. It is just an old house…
I had not written anything for a couple of weeks and decided to ask my husband what to write. He gave me the subject and then said: “get to it”. Since my husband’s first language is Spanish and my first language is English I thought maybe I had lost something in translation, but in reality…
One morning this week, I got up and looked at myself in the mirror. How did I get to be an older woman? I started picking on myself for not taking care of my body as I should have. Later that day, I drove to Vancouver. I marveled at the gorgeous coloring in the trees.…
Symbols are so important to our expression. The symbol of the heart really means kinder, gentler thoughts but we choose to instead relate more to the faster beating heart experience of when we are in romantic love. That works well for romance but a lot of our daily loving is for people other than our significant…
Winging it. Coming home on a wing and a prayer. These two statements have more than one thing in common. Both of them are strong statements of faith. It is our faith that sustains us. It is our faith which encourages us. It is our faith which propels us to great heights. So the key…
The cycle of life. Coming together in a circle. Parallels between us. Anchored by one source of wisdom. All this is well represented in this photo. I love when something can be interpreted more than one way. It reminds me that always we have choice. The title today is really about closing not about nearness…
Each of us is deserving of the best life has to offer. It is provided to us but we must accept the gift, cherish it and then release it. Enjoyment of life comes from being present in each moment. That means we cannot be distracted from where we are with where we are not and…
There is no measure for my love. It cannot be measured and probably not even described but none-the-less I wanted to try. How much I love others is a reflection of how well I understand love and how much I love myself. At the most basic level my philosophy is built on a foundation that…
I am not sure what word you are comfortable to use representing “the divine”. The term I most often use is “the divine” or “universal mind and presence” or some other such term that de-personalizes the construct of teh judeo-christian belief of God that I was raised to know. I do not mean that I…
People are like vases. Each one is slightly different although there are many that are similar. But the important thing to remember is that if you try to alter the vase you will only damage it. A vase is not component parts like a car. You can easily swap parts in cars but not so…