We are the path to a kind world
Winter beauty in a seasonal giveaway through Dec. 12:
sweet trees from New Hampshire designer Diane Kirkup.*
To enter, send an email with “Trees” in the subject line to:
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As Winter overtakes my days, I love hearing from readers of Snow Fence Road, a tale with its share of wintry scenes and weather. Two years ago this week, after what can only be described as a rather insistent, invisible “nudge”, I tried my luck with Black Lyon Publishing, and have been thankful ever since.
I appreciate every kind reader’s response about the book, and a reviewer’s words about its story continue to strike a chord:
Photo: Saffron Moser
“One of the things I also enjoyed was that this took place in a kind world, with supportive and loving folks, despite their past difficulties, even with each other.”
This is the reason that I write – from the belief that this is the world that all of our hearts want – and that all of our hearts are capable of helping to bring it into being. Our minds can be reinforced in a thousand ways to believe that this is unrealistic and impossible. But our hearts know so very much better. What helps them to act on what they know?
Our experience of life in these times can feel harsh and cold and unyieding. Those are the times when our hearts can feel stricken, fearful, confounded.
But like the sun, even in winter, there is always, each day, that waiting possibility of “radiating light throughout the world and illuminating your own darknesses” so that “your virtue becomes a sanctuary for yourself and all beings.” 
Lao Tzu’s words, shared such a long time ago, capture the timeless essence conveyed in what we remember in every new Season of Light: the light does, indeed, shine forth most brightly, unmistakably, in darkness.
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Find more about Snow Fence Road at: http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Fence-Road-Phyllis-Edgerly-ebook/dp/B00DDVB106/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-2&qid=1372083362
