Everyone…
Wow. What a year we are winding down from. Here we sit in the gap between two years, looking back at a crazy election (to put it mildly), and looking forward to a lot of uncertainty. One thing we do know is that as a nation, as a world, we are divided. It is Us vs. Them in […]
The Simple Things
Two weeks ago, the man who gave me my name left this world, and in doing so, left a huge hole in my heart. I miss him. And I am filled with gratitude that I learned to forgive before it was too late. My Dad was an alcoholic during my younger years. When he sobered […]
For What?
I’m starting this post with a very familiar line. “I usually refrain from public political commentary but I have some thoughts that I am compelled to share”. I fully realize that some of you will ‘unsubscribe’ and I am fine with that. I cannot be silent any longer. I cannot wrap my head around the […]
Do Good
“Help publicly. Help privately. Help in your actions by recycling and conserving and protecting, but help also in your attitude. Help make sense where sense has gone missing. Help bring reason and respect to discourse and debate. Help science to solve and faith to soothe. Help law bring justice, until justice is commonplace. Help and […]
Which Path is Yours?
“To make a difference is not a matter of accident, a matter of casual occurrence of the tides. People choose to make a difference.” ~Maya Angelou I just had the honor of standing by as 23 amazing human BEINGS accepted their graduation certificates from Yoga Assets Teacher Training Systems. These newly certified yoga teachers are […]
You May Be the World
“To the world you may be one person, but to one person , you may be the world.” ~Josephine Billings Go ahead and cry, I’ll catch your tears… A few weeks after one of his classmates died, an 8 year old boy decided to visit the classmates’ home one day after school. Later, when he […]
Be The Cairn
Have you ever been hiking and seen a “Cairn“? In ancient Japanese tradition, these stacked rocks were used to mark the path, letting you know you were in the right place, that you hadn’t lost your way. A student recently told the group she has always been a rock stacker, but never knew the meaning […]
What Holds Us Together?
“Maybe as times get worse, we get better. Our pain makes us feel other people’s pain; our fear lets us practice valor; we are tense, and tender. And among the things we can no longer afford are things we never really wanted anyway” ~ Nancy Gibbs It’s hard to believe a year has passed since […]
I Believe!
“I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about real change… I’m asking you to believe in yours.” ~Barack Obama We all want a better world. I believe that every single human being wakes up with a spark of hope that today will be better than yesterday. And then, usually within […]
You’re Already Making A Difference
All of you reading these words have loved someone, have done someone a kindness, have healed a wound, have taken on a challenge, have created something beautiful, and have enjoyed breathing the air of existence. Every moment you make a difference. ~Random Acts of Kindness You’re Already Making A Difference One of the biggest misconceptions […]