Whee feel the exhilaration!This week's blog is the traveling kind. I am still reliving my recent trip to Pura Vida in Costa Rica. You may or may not be readying yourself for a late winter/early spring vacation but these tips are useful anytime of the year that you are traveling. The first is a yoga [...]
Closing my eyes I transport myself to the warm greens of Costa Rica, the morning sounds of macaws, parakeets and one crazy rooster, and the ultimate sunrise which unfolded before the world everyday. I am so grateful for this trip and all that presented itself.One thing that presented itself was my impatience. As any vacation/retreat [...]
5 Minutes of PeaceOur household has grown to two cats. Oreo and Maxine have not been the best of friends since Oreo's arrival 3 weeks ago but we feel that even these 5 minutes of peaceful coexistence is enough. Enough to actually feel that it will work out okay for all parties. Something else that [...]
A Portal to Being PresentI have this crazy feeling of claustrophobia in my walk-in closet at home. It matters not if I am alone or there is someone else in there with me, I still can feel it. My forays into the closet have to happen quickly or a tightness begins around my throat. Surprisingly, [...]
Inspiration, what a beautiful word. Inspiration as defined by a medical dictionary, the drawing of air into the lungs. As defined by Merriams, something that makes someone want to do something or that gives someone an idea about what to do or create : a force or influence that inspires someone: a person, place, experience, etc., [...]
It is beautiful how much life is filled with moments where we decide to act and then realize how those actions affect others. This morning, I was on my way back home, when I spied a bird floundering in the road. I kept driving but right away I knew that when I got home, I [...]
Brrr...Baby it's cold out there. Deceivingly cold. From my warm house, I see sunshine, plenty of it. So I go for a walk, round a corner in the neighborhood and wham the wind hits me. Now I am warm again and grateful. Grateful for the warmth of my home but also grateful for my brisk [...]
Driving in my car....I am loving the opportunity to learn more about myself right now. I don't always feel this way as I have become habitual in my ways or as we describe those of us in the older crowd, "Set in our ways". When we become set, we don't always know how set we [...]
Yes it is the month of Gratitude according to the Hallmark cards and online reminders but we all know that Gratitude has no season. It is everyday that we are alive. Keeping this in mind, may put our troubles in perspective, our hearts to open a bit more and be more at ease. Sharing the [...]
Ghouls and Girls ready for the Big NightHappy Hallow Eve all. Today and tonight all sorts of creatures, big and small will roam our neighborhoods. Are you ready? There is a somewhat contained feeling of excitement here in my household. Ghosts and goblins hardly slept at all and I know that I woke up feeling [...]
