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We All Exist as Part of a Wonderful Stream of Life. ~Thich Nhat Hanh I know in my heart and soul that death, as challenging and sometimes devastating as it can be, is a natural part of life. It’s what we sign up for when we incarnate. I’ve learned to lean into and trust the knowing… Continue reading Dragonflies: Love Is Always and Forever Around

Learning to pace ourselves to increase our strength and stamina Your antlers reach for the sun.Show me that strengthand stamina are one Jamie Sams & David Carson Stress is deadly. It is insidious and so common that we aren’t always aware of its presence in our lives. Our western culture has seemingly normalized stress. In… Continue reading Running With the Elks

LoEdith Byrd Pasquale1930 – 2001 When I was nine years old, Mom was diagnosed with emphysema due to smoking cigarettes. Mom, my sister, brother and Dad never talked about it. She was a smoker and that was that. She was unable to quit. If she’d have been able to quit smoking, she may have beaten… Continue reading Mom’s Fatal Attraction

I am a Mystic. That is to say, I commune with the Divine every day, sometimes every waking moment of every day. My great Grandma Gladys opened this door for me a long time ago.   When I was a little girl, I loved staying with my great Grandma Gladys in a small town just east… Continue reading Heaven’s Here in Our Hearts

Our job, yours and mine, is not to work to have others like or love us–that’s our job, our responsibility. And this is where we have to start.  About 25 years ago while living in western Colorado, I was part of a group of spiritual seekers. We read books, invited speakers and workshop facilitators in… Continue reading What You Think of Me is None of My Business

In each life there comes at least one moment which, if recognized and seized, transforms the course of that life forever. Rely, therefore, on radical trust, even though the moment may call for you to leap empty-handed into the void. Ralph H. Blum Surrender means to relinquish, yield, or let go. For us humans, surrender… Continue reading Surrender: Leaping Empty-Handed into the Void

Living with fear, hate or distain of any sort brings our frequency down, tossing us into a cycle of despair and darkness. So what do we do? Put our heads in the sand and pretend we don’t feel those things? No, that won’t help. In fact, it actually makes things worse by keeping us in… Continue reading A Simple Way to Practice Loving Kindness & Compassion

I heard the voice from the whirlwind. It said, ‘just do the dishes.’ Byron Katie I developed a habit of needing to figure everything out ahead of time.  To protect myself, I needed to know who was where in the house, what they were doing and what mood they were in. I needed to know… Continue reading The Practice: Just Do The Dishes

She had planned for weeks for this concert. It was a big deal, everyone was talking about it. She took that day and the next off work, arranged childcare and reserved a hotel room nearby so she’d be close to the venue. All she needed now was her ticket.  The night before the tickets were… Continue reading Bummed Out? Check Your Frequency!

And Sure Enough, They’re Yours! ~Richard Bach Arguing for your limitations means making excuses about why we cannot or will not do something different. Making excuses is limiting ourselves, it gives us permission to not be responsible for our lives and the choices we make. When we argue that we are limited in our capacity… Continue reading Argue For Your Limitations