Category: On Life & Love

I have been fortunate to connect with so many of you this year. Thank you for the love and nourishment that you have extended me. I am most thankful for the influences I have had; the teachers and scholars that I have followed that have helped mold my view so I could be more easily

It is the forced downtime that comes in the days following the holiday rush that gives me a chance to do better. There is a line from my first book, Cerebrations, that goes…” When I come home to the farm, I find how beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards.” That statement, borrowed

Starting from scratch? Starting from nothing? Starting again? There is no ‘end’ meaning to those words, just new beginnings. Have you ever just known it was time to start something new? Had a desire to trust in the magic of beginning with a new script? Perhaps, in beginning again you have to experience a difficult

I like real conversations with genuine people. I like poems, and stories, and journal entries. I like Friday nights, especially when it falls on Christmas Eve. I like the ritual of drinking tea and how it soothes me. I like receiving text messages and text photos. I like the feeling of intimacy and where it

To be successful in life, you have to believe in karma, it forges integrity. Recognized in age old teachings of Hinduism and Buddhism, karma is the spiritual principle of cause and effect. Not much different from Newton’s Law, ‘every action must have an equal and opposite reaction’. Whenever we speak or act we initiate a

Faith isn’t just about religion; it is about holding a confident belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. Most of us practice faith every day without even realizing it. For example – when you practice forgiveness – there is faith in that; when you place your trust in someone – faith

It is hard to define the meaning of Hope. It is elusive, and an action with little reason or justification. We all have known the feeling of hope – we wish for it many times in life. We wish the newlyweds hope for a happy life. We bless a newborn with our hopes for good

Thanksgiving is the one day of the year that we spend in gratitude for all the graces we have realized in this life so far.  I am on a campaign to extend that expression to the other 364 days. It is a habit that anyone can form, and an embodiment that we all can easily

Have a pretty mind, a pretty heart and a pretty soul. This life is not about showing a beautiful face to the world, it’s about showing a beautiful mind. By keeping alluring thoughts in your mind, sweet words will roll out of your beautiful mouth, and you and all around you, will smile. Life is

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like ‘struggle’. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly as he or she was made, exactly as they are here and now.”  ~Fred Rogers I recently posted this wonderful quote by Fred Rogers. There lies a profound ideology within