How DEIA do you want to go?
I’d like to begin this blog by introducing you to a Yoruba proverb: A kì í bá eni gbé ká má mo ojú eni: One…
Category: Contemplative
Intricately Connected
We know that cells have their own intelligence, capable of operating in organisms in both cooperative and adverse ways. I once read that each human…
Time is Priceless…
A few days back, I exchanged eye contact and then a brief smile with a lady at a traffic light. It was just a moment…
Changing Your Watch to You Time
Does this statement sound like a ‘fairytale’ like idea to you? Take another look and notice the statement’s layers. Let me back up a tad…
And Just Like that, the Fog Lifted
Ahhhh, springtime! As I write this blog, I’m sitting in Deep Creek Lake where a few of us gathered for our Metamorphosis Retreat. “Take that…
Reflections!
I know that you want to have everything you need to have a full and happy life. Who doesn’t? Who doesn’t want to be great,…
Charged Up!
We keep a close eye on our phone’s battery … “can I get back home before it loses power … I keep meaning to buy…
Back to Basics
Like you, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the new year. I believe that each and every one of us has the capacity…
Philosophies to Live By – Part 2
Just in case you missed it, our first series was Pamoja, a KiSwahili word meaning togetherness. This second philosophy from across the globe comes from…
How to “Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Stream & Follow Every Rainbow ‘Till You Find Your Dream”
Now this blog title is the longest title I’ve ever created … yep, straight out of The Sound of Music. Most of us have one…
What’s UP
Does your life feel like it’s buzzing past you faster than you feel you can cope? In a very short nutshell, here’s where I am…
Looking Back to Move Forward
For over a decade, I have used this time of year to look back, even as I begin to explore what’s ahead in the coming…
Mental Health Awareness ~ In Loving Memory of Carolyn Alexander
Your full potential, and the possibilities that it creates, lie within you right now – always did, always will. I think back to my late…
I Choose the Mountain – by Howard Simon
I have a friend, Kathy English Holt, to thank for introducing me to the inspiring motivational poet, Howard Simon and to his poem I Choose…
It Takes A Team To Climb A Mountain™
Theoretically, most of us understand the value of our teams. Yet, we don’t always fully realize and appreciate their true and essential contributions and roles…
The Warmth of African Suns …
Aren’t we all in the midst of an exodus? Moving, shifting, and changing our direction until we find what fits. Richard Wright wrote: “I was…
So, what do you expect?
When you read the sign above, what was your first thought? Bumps are good, bumps are bad, or bumps can be both!? Can an obstacle…
Take a Seat at Nature’s Pew
It was a privilege to listen to the harmonious stillness, as uniquely presented by the Canyon gods. And I found what I called nature’s pew…
A Lesson in Participation
Over a decade ago, on New Year’s Day, I left early in the morning with my husband and his best friend to attend an evening…
To speak or not to speak…
Do I say it, do I keep it to myself, do I say it, do I keep it to myself? Where is the balance between…