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June 2 - July 30, 2025
You can have distance as well as compassion, and you can know that there is a solution for them and they will get through to the other side.
As Veronique Vienne wrote in her book The Art of Doing Nothing, “For a child doing nothing doesn’t mean being inactive. It means doing something that doesn’t have a name.”
Did you know that gazing is a spiritual practice—you can gaze at the horizon until you expand your vision into something larger than yourself, and merge with this expansiveness.
We are programmed to do, not to be.
Stare, be, and breathe—there is no urgency.
If you’re still holding on to judgments about a relationship that didn’t work out, for example, you may want to work on some self-forgiveness. See the relationship for what it was, what it taught you about your preferences and how you want to be loved. Do your inner work so your next relationship can be deeper and more fulfilling. Instead of dismissing all relationships as hard and impossible, thinking there’s something unlovable about you or something wrong with the way you love, keep refining, clarifying, and holding the vision of obtaining what you want. Be specific about the experience of
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Don’t ever marry (or even date) potential. Don’t look at someone and say, “Look at all she/he can be. With my help, they’ll get there.” People are who they are, and changing them is an illusion. Love someone for who they are now, and if their gifts flourish while you’re together, enjoy being a part of that.
One woman was having intimacy issues with her husband, so she asked Aphrodite what she could do about it. The Aphrodite inside her advised, “Don’t wear socks in bed.” Which made total sense to her! The big, thick socks she wore in bed turned her husband off. So she started wearing lingerie instead.
➻ What am I here to learn? ➻ What am I here to teach? ➻ What am I here to overcome? ➻ What am I here to complete? ➻ What am I here to express?
“Am I enjoying my life? And if I’m not enjoying life now, when?”
No judgments, just daily action.
If you want to be lifted, lift someone else.
Take a day when you realize how much life is freely offering to you: your breath, your ability to move, to see, everything around you functioning and working without you having to do anything. You turn on the faucet and water comes out; the bus gets you safely to work; you go to the supermarket and there are fresh fruits and vegetables of every kind, you flip a switch and the room lights up. There is SO much in your life, so be in awe of how much is offered to you daily. Don’t ever take it for granted.
When people are unhappy, they don’t want joy around.
There are hundreds of affirmations looming before us that say, “I love and accept myself unconditionally. I am a divine being. I am enough. I have all the resources I need.” But, if you are like me, I can say these affirmations until the cows come home and still not feel a thing!
I started to focus more on the gratitude, and less on the lack.
Wiggle your hips and rejoice in the ability to move.
