The One Thing

 Across the miles,

Across time,

Across joy and pain,

Feeling lost and found,

This is The One Thing:

You Are Loved Always and Forever.

Our souls are ever connected

in The Heart's Song.

Thank you, friend, for the unmistakable message.

Happy Easter.

Thankful for You Gift Tag Download

A simple little

sentiment on a 

simple little gift tag

celebrates the Thanksgiving season.

It is my gift to you.

Like a Box of Chocolates

This was one of those weeks

when the heart overflows

with love and appreciation

and you feel it circle back to you.

Exquisite!

31 Days: Grab Your Gratitude Attitude

This has been a super busy season

for me filled with change and

new possibilities.

A wonderful time to be grateful.

Cultivating gratitude is a profound practice
that brings more joy, more creativity,
and more abundance into your life.

Come along with me and grab

your attitude of gratitude

for the next 31 days.

Click a button below each day this month

for a little meditation:

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Word for 2013

My word for this year came to me while meditating one morning a couple of weeks ago. 

It is a well-known word.

A word that is simple....profound... but not always easy.

Or straight-forward.

31 Days of Gratitude: My Spouse

He is the greatest blessing

to me.

My partner, my Love, my friend, my husband.

31 Days of Gratitude: Friends

You can laugh together,

cry together,

share your deepest secrets, worries or fears,

find comfort together,

prod each other to your growing edges,

and through it all you'll find Love 

is the constant thread.

Friends.

31 Days of Gratitude: Laughter & Play

It's one of the most cleansing tonics known to humans:

A good belly laugh!

Being playful, flexible, and good-humored is excellent for body, mind and spirit. 

It builds strong bonds with friends and loved ones.

31 Days of Gratitude: Loss

I was talking to a friend about loss the other day.

We've experienced lots of that in the past few months. 
The variety has been striking. 
From traumatic, to mysterious, to sudden and shocking, 
to swift and sacred 
because everyone was so lovingly present.

31 Days of Gratitude: Rapport

There is a difference between Looking and Seeing.


If you want a powerful key 
that will unlock the Mystery
that turns Looking into Seeing
consider this....

31 Days of Gratitude: Silence

31 Days of Gratitude: Balance

If you insist that it never rain on your parade,

Then you'll never know 

the breathtaking beauty of the rainbow.

31 Days of Gratitude: Perspective

Meaningful relationships, creativity, an authentic life... 

it's all within our reach.

The key is knowing how to 

Tune in to yourself, your surroundings, other people,
the Big Picture.

Tuning in to others
is as easy as taking to heart
that old adage to 
"Put yourself in another's shoes..." 

31 Days of Gratitude: Travel

Planes, trains, automobiles,

boats, boots, wheelchairs,

bicycles, buses, cyberspace,

books, magazines, imagination...

whatever your method for 

getting around,

the adventures

awaiting us each day are amazing.

31 Days of Gratitude: Integrity

Candid. Forthright. Honorable. Principled. Sincere.

The deepest, authentic expression

of yourself

requires a commitment

to integrity.

31 Days of Gratitude: Family

We can bring out the best

and we can bring out the worst

in each other. 

Sometimes all within the same day.

Family.

31 Days: Gratitude for Celebrations

Whether for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries or achievements, it's wonderful that we have developed ways to celebrate together.

It allows us to pause from the routines and busy-ness 
of daily living so that we can give the honor of our attention... 

31 Days of Gratitude: Curiosity

"The important thing is not to stop questioning." 

~ Albert Einstein

Curiosity is one of our greatest gifts,

 and it is essential to creativity.

Children are natural 'curiosity machines.' 

Yet that curiosity can begin to dim when you are taught that there is only one right answer to the test, 

so to speak. 

There are indeed times for precision.

But if the "one-right-answer" model is your predominate repetitive experience, 

you can lose touch with that wonderfully open, 

exploratory, 

adventurous,

"not knowing" frame of reference 

that allows you to be a 'discoverer.'

If you want adventure, if you want discovery...

31 Days of Gratitude: Teachers

I am grateful to my teachers.

every. single. day.

Aren't you? Our formal education provided essential tools

for navigating effectively in the world.

We drink deeply from those who love their job, their subject matter, their students...

And we even learn from those who do not ~

31 Days of Gratitude: Tuning In to Station Y.O.U.

There is a universe of wisdom within you. Waiting to be tapped. Waiting to unfold. 

Do you tune in? 

Or is it hard for you to find that station