Love

Don’t shrink. Don’t puff up. Just stand your sacred ground. ~Brené Brown What an amazing struggle this can present. Not from a place of accepting the concept, but from a place of putting it into practice. My familiar response is to shrink. The tension in my shoulders can attest to that.…

“The good or bad is not in the circumstance, but only in the mind of him that encounters it. ~James Allen This is parallel with the adage, “Mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” When the mind is controlled by fear, all sorts of havoc can be encountered. There…

As Stars I sit on the surface each day to the next, not always going to that deep level if I can help it. I would have to say, dipping in for a moment, there has got to be more to this—and just what is it—and why Do we all keep grasping for more? I…

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can. ~Neil Gaiman What isn’t mentioned is that sometimes you have to courageously stand your ground and passionately…

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; They just stand there shining. ~Anne Lamott What a magnificent analogy! It’s almost comical to imagine a lighthouse running all over an island, yet it’s so easy to find myself wanting to be enough for someone else. Not so much…

Entering into a committed relationship is in fact a spiritual journey that we undertake with another person. By being able to love and care for someone else with an open heart, we will find that we can reach a greater level of personal transformation, evolving along our path and learning powerful lessons about ourselves that…

“You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” ~Rumi It would be so much more inviting to open your heart without all of the pain that goes with breaking it! However, without fail, Rumi has his finger on the pulse of truth. This concept can be applied at every level of…

Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. ~Kahlil Gibran I certainly do wish there was another way to get to the understanding. The onslaught of questions and uncertainties can really throw me for a loop, flip me upside down and inside out and leave me flat on my back.…

Empathy has no script. There is no right way or wrong way to do it. It’s simply listening, holding space, withholding judgment, emotionally connecting, and communicating that incredibly healing message of “You’re not alone.” ~Brené Brown It’s always interesting to notice how challenging it can be for people to show empathy to another person. It…

“Be brave enough to start a conversation that matters.” ~Margaret Wheatley Why do I find this to be such a challenge? I struggle with this is many areas of my life…with my spouse, my Self, my family, my friends…Light-hearted conversations are enjoyable and easy, bringing laughter, smiles and comfort. Maybe someday, conversations that matter will…

Standing

Messages

As Stars

I Am Me

Shining

Committed

Breaking Open

Breaking Out

You’re Not Alone

What Matters