Celebrate

Celebrate

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.  How can we leave a legacy which includes a few laughs? Well, let’s not force it or mimic how someone else does it. Let joy be an inner reality not like happiness coming from external...
grief

grief

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. What situations have caused you grief? What is your initial response? If you often hold too tightly to those who have left, what do you think is the reason? What steps would you recommend to...
Start Where You Are

Start Where You Are

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. Our information is shelled with statistics. Our schedules are crammed with goals. Our meetings are overloaded with the pursuit. What if we stop the race, just for a moment? What if we cease...
hope for healing

hope for healing

a heavy fear.a haunting lure. those initial thoughts.those original feelings. yes, they are there.yes, they are loud. no, they should not control us. be aware of them.process the “what”and the “why.” but beware of them.refuse to let them ruleyour decisions. talk to...
fifteen days of cold

fifteen days of cold

remembering fifteen dayswith a fewback-home-momentsafter the first five,before the last five. praying and waiting,unsure and hopeful,encouragement from friendseased the stress.  breathe deeply, now.relax muscles, now.think positively, now. i listened.podcasts,...
“new year, day two”

“new year, day two”

i checked my phone’s calendarfor confirmationof what day today is. they,these days,confuse me. they,these days,concern me. unanticipated, unforeseen,unannounced, unplanned. we’ve all had decembersof disturbance before.we’ll all have more. but this jolt has left me...