• live in the present
    Wholeness

    There’s no better place than the present

    All we have is the present and the moment we're in. Everything else is uncertain and quite possibly a grasp for something more. The something "more" is never enough, and the chase only wears us out and robs us of the joy in front of us.

  • bravery
    Wholeness

    Being brave is showing up

    Bravery is found in the moments that may feel small. In the little things that turn into big things. The big things that wouldn't be possible without all the little big brave steps paving the way.

  • resting in awareness
    Wholeness

    Resting in awareness

    Let me just be like that little rock that sits so elegantly and confidently on the banks of the lake. Not fighting or resisting her experience, but letting it all happen just as it is. This is rest. This is true peace.

  • bent but not broken
    Wholeness

    Bent but not broken

    We appreciate the light so much more when it comes after the dark. We appreciate the Spring after the Winter, the sun after the rain, the healing after the wound. Then we get to help walk others through the darkness because we know the way.

  • every no is a yes to something else
    Wholeness

    When our no’s become yes’s

    I'm saying "yes" to a few quiet moments outside before this day begins. I'm saying "yes" to a slower day, a day of rest. I think this is the "yes" I really do need. Thank goodness for the "no's" because of all the needed "yes's" on the other side.

  • joy in the present moment
    Wholeness

    Joy in the being

    How often we have to fight for peace...but when we do, we find it. My peace was here in the splashing and giggles and wet floor. I wanted it to last forever.