When You’re Weary
I’m a little lackluster today. I’m finding motivation hard to muster and perspective tough to glean. Maybe it’s the northern chill that descended upon my park and cut my morning walk short. Maybe it’s the yellowing of all the leaves or the quiet of this small town after the bustle of a trip to New [...]
The Power of Baby Steps
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward. ~ Louis Sachar
It took most of us months to learn how to walk, but once we did, our first baby steps were joyous, wobbly and unstoppable – that is until we discovered [...]
Summer Yummin’
A small tomato plant my mother gave me sits beyond the doors of my office on the deck. It’s enjoying the sun, fluttering lightly as it grows. It is a life force, right in front of me, born of a seed, nurtured by light, soil and rain. I am connected to this life force as [...]
Summer Lovin’
Summer arrived suddenly this year. The barren trees turned a lush green in a few short days after a good spring soaking had nourished them. Now the sun is high, the birds are loud, and the squirrels run the fence tops in gangs of four and five. The air smells of lilac and hot asphalt.
I [...]
One Small Habit
There was this woman I used to know. She had a morning routine. She’d head to the local coffee shop, buy a large vanilla latté and a ginger cookie, drive to a park, sit on a bench and have a few cigarettes. By mid-morning, she’d start to feel sick, dehydrated and jumpy, so she’d have [...]
The Seed of Change
As I ran this morning, I could feel my muscles, my spirit, and my breath moving me strongly down the path. Trees were budding, ducks waded in swampy grass and the earth under my feet was scattered with seeds and pods. I surged across this backdrop of spring like one of those seeds – searching [...]
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