A friend posted on her facebook post the other day about wearing a safety pin, to show that you are a safe person for everyone, that you respect everyone, no matter their beliefs. A person asked her if she could wear one, though she voted for Trump. There...

Sinking, Sinking, Sinking, into, the quiet, illustrious flow Learning to listen, Learning to go Under all the noise, Under all the feign Under all the tall trees That cure my pain The pain that surely comes, From holding back, Back from the...

Connecting the thoughts This is how I am striving to live my life right now, intentionally. Some days look prettier than others. I think we mostly live our lives unintentionally. They didn't teach us in grade school the importance of living intentionally....

We all have a choice to feel guilt or appreciation. There is always going to be someone who has less than us, and there is always going to be someone who has more than us. Do you help a sick person by getting sick? The same goes for those that have less...

I originally wrote this to give as my Ice Breaker speech for Toastmasters.  If you hear an accent, it's from Kentucky. Even though I haven't lived there for 28 years, it still rears it's southern-belle head. I am the only in my...

The forested stream curved beside us as we swashed through the shoulder high plants.  I found myself just noticing, "plant with razor-edged leaf, spike of purple protruding from stalk, wood across path, blade of green, light streaming  through the trees,...

Where do you feel at home? I started wondering this because, well I don't know, I'm just curious. Most people consider home where they grew up. I never felt the place I grew up was home, it was just where I was born. I realized for myself there are three...

Do you value yourself?  Do you ever feel you aren't valued? I know it's something I feel every time I have an art show and nothing sells, or I talk about my consulting business and the person doesn't hire me. But what if it could be the other way around?...

It seems to me that when people keep saying that giving is the key to happiness, they are missing the point, the real secret. We have been told ad nauseum to put others before ourselves. But as in the oxygen on the airplane scenario, we can't if we aren't...

Feeling God/Source in the Room  What would happen if in all interactions you felt God/Source in the room with you? When your interacting with someone you don't particularly care for, what would happen if you pretended that you were seeing them through...