Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie
Archive | November, 2016

Discerning your soul’s truth
Especially in today’s topsy-turvy and conflicted world, we wonder what is t-r-u-t-h. There is absolute truth and relative truth. Truth is personal. It is predicated on our individual perspective, belief systems, experiences, cultural norms, geography and, even, physical placement in the world. We doubt. We question. We wonder what is certain and clear. How do […]

What to do if the TrumpCat can’t change his stripes
Like many, these post-election days find me stunned, heartbroken and nursing a huge emotional hangover. I feel clobbered by the reality of what is and queasy at trying to making sense of our new, rapidly-changing world. How could this be? How do hate and fear win? I feel like we have stepped back into a […]

Election jangle and the comfort of Gandhi
I woke up this morning in a knot of agitation. I was practicing deep breathing in my bathroom mirror before I even left the house. Now, this is not the norm for me. But, hey, our world is literally and figuratively tilted on its axis. Whether we like or not, the times are changing. And […]