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Imagine A Better Life Story

What if we really understood that our lives are a story we tell, and we have both the ability and the permission to rewrite it, what would be different? The answer is — everything. If we were actors in a movie, we would receive a script to memorize. However, almost every day until filming is […]

And It Will Be Beautiful

I couldn’t find it. I knew it was there. However, after looking, and looking, and not seeing the can I was looking for, I began to question my memory; maybe I never did buy more. Then I remembered to stop doubting, look again, and see differently. As soon as I switched to that mode of […]

The Tim Gunn Save

I admit it. I love those crazy TV shows where creative people compete in order to win a prize. I have a few good reasons, to me, for enjoying this guilty pleasure. However, I have to clarify. I passionately dislike shows where abuse is heaped upon the contestants, or among the contestants, and accepted in […]

Butterfly Grace

The short cut I took to the store was supposed to save time. Instead, I waited for four minutes before the green left turn arrow appeared, releasing all the waiting cars back into the hurry-up-and-wait world. Stopping on the way home for some chips to have with the salsa I had made before I left, […]

Shopping For Angel Ideas

In a one of his posts, my long-time friend Bert Carson, reminded me of a reason why I sometimes run. Well, Bert runs. I jog so slowly people walking have passed me. However, what happens when Bert runs, and I jog, turns out to be the same. We write. For me, sometimes ideas for what [...]

Yielding To Stillness

Every time I fly somewhere, the strangest thing happens. I enter another time and space, a place of stillness. It starts slowly. It begins as I pack and finish things that must be done before I leave. Travel day arrives, usually long before dawn. Next, the hour plus trip to the airport, Del driving, me [...]

Getting Past The Familiar

I moved my husband and young son to California in 1969. Moving from the then small town of State College, Pennsylvania to the big cities of California was a huge risk. We drove; really, I drove, the entire way with our son’s tricycle strapped to the back of our used Pontiac LeMans. Everything else we [...]

Evidence of Things Not Seen

Have you ever wondered if you are fulfilling your desire to live your life spiritually? After all, life drifts by. We have events to go to, bills to pay, people to visit, reports to write, dinner to cook, movies to see, and people to care for. Have you ever wondered why we don’t experience those [...]

Bluebird And Email In Cahoots

Outside my office door, the bluebird is scratching at the window. Inside my inbox, an email is scratching at my thoughts. The bluebird is really trying to get my attention. Not only does he perch on the door and peek into or bump the window, but he also flies to the other window and hovers [...]

You Can’t Help But Smile!

That’s what she said, as she described how wonderful it was to leave the house without wearing layers of clothes, and lugging extra layers around in case she got cold. In our part of the world, this is spring; a time of celebration that we no longer need layers of clothing, and for the unfolding [...]