Simply Shine!
Celebrating the simple everyday wonders of life.
Set a New Year Evolution.
Every New Year brings a dialogue about why resolutions don't really work, and many (including me) prefer to simply choose a single word or short phrase, a mantra, to inspire us forward. I call these 'NY Evolutions' because I allow them to change as I grow. I also use my mantra to consciously evolve me. But this year, I noticed something different about the process of choosing. At first, I didn’t even want to choose a word. It seems all the same words are out there floating around, and after a...
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What makes a perfect day?
Today was beyond words. From sunrise to sunset, it was pure WOW. Celebrating birth. Honoring death. Connecting with friends. Being a catalyst for clean water. Basking in LOVE all day through. A perfect kind of day. ______________________ I wrote this simple note on...
Let Go…and find True Love
There is a treasure in you... a deep quiet that surrounds all the shiny objects stored in the crevices of your life. Here, in this still center is where the adventure begins: a hunt for the Diamond that is the essence of You. Open your heart wide in wonder; let...
One Life. Many Choices.
One Life. Many Choices. And every choice you've made thus far has lead you to this place called "Here." So what will you choose to do now with this single present moment that holds all the unfulfilled potential in this seed of tomorrow? It may seem impossible to...
Lost Your Holiday Twinkle?
Winter Stillness. Snowflakes falling, white on white. Twinkling lights, brightening the night. Fires burning to keep us warm. Hearts opening, friends linking arms. The space between notes, a silent sigh. Smiles between neighbors, stars up high. A memory of childhood,...
More Gratitude? (Yes, Please)
What is it about these made-up days that creates such a whirlwind... a holiday daze? Black or White, buy Cyber or get in line for the low-price fight. Do the Gratitude Wrap-Wrap-Wrap Turn off the excess for simple joys. Embrace a different kind of noise. This is what...
Muse Beacon with a Song
“Gratitude is the foundation for all prayer. When you say thank you, you fall into grace.” –Bob Sima Musicians who compose their own songs are constantly building a legacy, and this one is a pied-piper of Love. Bob Sima is part muse and the lyrics of his songs are...
Grow a Legacy of Love
Here, in the small moments of life, is where your true legacy finds you. Not grown of material wealth, possessions passed along, monuments built or dreams fulfilled. Your legacy is shaped in a thousand simple moments of giving. A smile that springs from your heart, a...
Invitation
Stuck in the flotsam of the ocean, the foaming-churning surface appearing to hold what it wants to hold. The invitation is here, always, to dive deeper, beneath the pollution that is the crux of everyday living. We must choose to go to the depths where treasure lies....
What is Enough? (The deeper conversation)
A preview from my new book, What is Enough? This passage flowed through after a session with my writing mentor, Stacy Nelson. She is amazing at helping me go beneath the surface to find a deeper message. I decided to share here for a couple reasons. One, because it...
Plum Abundance
Sometimes even nature doesn’t know when enough is enough. The branches were bowing low, and I knew it was nearing time to pluck the ripening fruit. We pruned & pruned earlier in the spring, but you’d never know it from the hundreds of small round cherry-plums...
Find Your Center
At the Center of the world, there is a meeting of zeros. All directions meet here: north-south-east-west. All paths converge to a single point named, Here. What if this is exactly where you are meant to be? The zero point. Where all begins. Your feet, grounded in this...
What is Enough?
The introduction to my new book by this name... We begin with nothing. And, in that nothing, we are enough. We grow. We learn to attach. We separate from enough. The layers accumulate: emotional: was I loved enough? physical: do I have enough? spiritual: am I enough?...
