The more I step away from an old way of being, the easier it gets. At first, though, it can feel harsh, impossible, too difficult.
So, I breathe deeply, and sit with the change-swirl, inner opinions....
Life works when I don’t argue too much. I rise from writing and one word comes in — yoga.
So, I get on the mat.
I write more, pause, and again, one word — dishes.
Obediently, I head...
A perfect miniature marigold lives in the crack between sidewalk and step. It’s too late to yank it by the roots — it has arrived. It’s growing, has a tiny flower.
Who am I to declare...
The day was winding down.
It had been overcast until the last few hours when the sun re-appeared to add its touches to the evening. I had just finished my dinner in the room with sky-high windows. Taking...
Why bother to save a marriage on the rocks? Perhaps it would be smarter to start over. Get something shiny and new, like with shoes or a car.
Why be in a relationship? Do you know why anyone gets together...
Do you love things that plummet? Do you adore rain falling in sheets or water over the ledge, splashing clear joy?
Do you love velvet drapes plunging into a royal red pile on the stage of life?
How...
My daughter went to the kitchen to get a snack and returned crestfallen. “There’s nothing to eat,” she reported. “There are only ingredients.”
A love relationship is a...
You could call it a diet. You could call it eating less or eating differently. I call it spring cleaning.
Why not give the body a chance to reduce clutter — let it lighten up along with my mind,...
Learn to wake up at the beginning of a misstep, on the way to the garden before your words sprout.
Wake up before the trowel digs them into the crooked row, before the watering can pours, before the...
Kindness grows in any climate, any time of year. Kindness has the heart of a flower growing in the crack of a rock, glad to be alive wherever it is.
Suspicion and blame take root in acidic soil, and...
Buddhists say that being perpetually busy is a way to flee from healing that naturally takes place in silence and stillness.
Healing occurs when the mind becomes still. Or stops. Often, it requires...
You are standing in front of a dear friend.
You know the admiration or appreciation you have for your friend? About who she is, what she’s saying, or how beautiful she looks in that hat? Or what...
Feeling Haiku-ish.
Selling house like intimate
relationship. Buyer
sees house, blushing,
gushing, promising
endless love. Shouts “You’re perfect
for me! I love you!”
After inspection,
pages...
Water falling from the sky is the perfect antidote for busy. The rain softens me.
As a storm travels across the valley below, it brushes the upper edges of the mountain range in the distance, inviting...
If I had written my relationship book after my first divorce.
You would have arrived at my doorstep and taken me out to lunch. We’d have talked about what happens when monogamy goes out the window.
Well,...
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