You must be the change you wish to see in the world.Mohandas GandhiThis morning as I let the dogs out at 4 am, I looked up at the stars.  The wonder of it took my breath and I stood there in awe of my own smallness in the world.  The dark sky coupled with the light of the tiny stars took my…See More

Charlie Brown: Oh brother. When are you going to stop believing in something that isn't true? Linus: When YOU stop believing in that fat guy in a red suit and thewhite beard who goes, "Ho, ho, ho!"Charlie Brown: We are obviously separated by denominationaldifferences.from the Movie: The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, 1966  My favorite season has finally arrived,the cool nip in…See More

 “Making your mark on the world is hard.If it were easy, everybody would do it.But it's not.It takes patience, it takes commitment,and it comes with plenty of failure along the way.The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't.it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it;...” ―…See More

"Eventually I lost interest in trying to control my life,make things happen in a way I thought I wanted them to be. I began to practice surrendering to the universe and finding out what "IT" wanted me to do."Shakti Gawain  All my life, my passion has driven me. At times, it so absorbed me that the "thing" that I was trying to make happen, would become my obsessive thought. I'd push, pull, and…See More

 You want to know how to be here?Stop waiting for something.from the movie: Eat, Pray, Love  On a rare day....it happens,I find something inside of me,remove all my perceptions and expectationsandjust be. I find it hard to do on most days.I think when...I get finished with...after I do this project....after the kids finish this season....when I get this next degree.....then...then...I will be…See More

"I do not understand the mystery of grace---only that it meets us where we are butdoesn't leave us where it found us."Anne Lamott  It-grace-is part of the Mysterythatmyhuman mind is unable to fully comprehend.I don't know that I can even begin to explain it,butit finds me,wherever I am,meets meno matter how bad of a mood I'm in,what I'm feeling,orwhere I am. andwhenthesecret undefined and…See More

 "You are not your past.You are not all the things that have happened to you.You are the possibility of what you can be."Oprah Winfrey Balled up energyvibratesdeep insidewaiting for an opportune momentwhenit can escapeoutin ripples that move out to providefuel to the world. We wrap it ---our creative spirit, our energy, our gifts--andhold on to itlayer the pain of the past and tie itwithtears…See More

 "Originality implies being boldenough to go beyond accepted norms."Anthony Storr John Mason said, "You were born an original, don't buy a copy." I have to wonder when it happens,when the thin line between original and copied merge,become blurred,sometimes,even becomes obsolete.Is it shortly after birth,or perhaps when that first person laughs at us,Is it the first roll of the eyeorwhen someone…See More

 "You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,but you can change yourself.That is something you have charge of."Jim Rohn. In the subtle shift of tides,a slight coolness begins to settle over the surface,the green of the summer grass begins to become tinged and spotted with a crisp fading shade of brown and tan.The leaves on the trees,droopin an obvious removal of…See More

 Grandmother Willow: "Listen with your heart child---you will understand."from the Disney movie Pocahontas  "Listen with your heart," said Grandmother Willow to Pocahontas.What does that mean?Can a heart speak?What can it tell you?Does it tell the truth to myself?How will I understand?Do I believe it? I stood at the foot of the ancestral tree,looked at her massive roots…See More

Too short, too tall, flower against a wall,The last one chosen to play,Too smart, too dumb, too strange a place to be from,same shoes everyday.With all the ways to be different,then maybe that's how you fit in,by standing out in a crowd.sang by Trisha Yeargood Why be afraid,perhaps it's your gift,color,strange slang,eclectic ways, Why be plainor green to blend in,wear your…See More

I'm my hair, I am my hair,It's all the glory that I bareI am my hair-am my hairI am my hair--am my hair yeah!I've had enough this is my prayerthat I'll die living just as free as my hair!Lady GaGa  One of my oldest friends from college came to visit me this weekend. We had not seen each other for several years. It never seems to matter how long it has been, the minute we…See More