A Year of Intentional Living

My plan for 2022 is to live more intentionally. I’ve let my life slide into boredom, routine, and inertia. I want to be more proactive and intentional in my choices, balanced with an understanding that I don’t control life. The way to thrive is by working with life, accepting, responding, and flowing with what is.…

nature, beauty

Elementals #9

Elementals #9 May peace and beauty fill our hearts. I’m continuing to sit with the idea of championing freedom vs simply being free and love in action. I believe what we focus on or resist grows, so continually noticing, protesting, or talking about the problems in the world will only help expand them. Ultimately, this…

Please Stop the Deluge

Please Stop the Deluge This is my first rant in a while. Generally, I don’t like to waste my time complaining about things, but I’ve noticed more and more bloggers using their blog in ways that I feel are more appropriate to social media. Many people post every day or multiple times a day, deluging…

poetry, love, roses

Love Letter to 2018 – Zeal

Love Letter to 2018 – Zeal These are my heartfelt wishes for the new year. I feel inspired to share the fruits of my quiet time spent in reflection. It helped me clarify what is important to me and what I want to manifest for 2018. I’m immensely grateful for the solitude, peace, insights, and energy that…

Balloon Flower, Awesome Stories

Awesome Stories 258

This week Awesome Stories brings you enlightened teaching, gratitude, helpful debt, public art and attention. Collaborative and Proactive Solutions Collaborative and Proactive Solutions (CPS) is the latest teaching method for handling difficult children. It’s based on years of research that shows that punishing children who are disruptive or having problems in school only accelerates the…

Bo Hoo, No Caroling

Abraham insists that well being will prevail. Do I believe that statement? Not yet. So how do I shift my focus to trust? This has been a year of great challenges and failings due to my own poor habits. So bo hoo, no caroling for me. First I emailed a choir to suggest that we…