Yesterday, while walking the dog I listened to my music app instead of my usual audio book. Actually, I hit the music app by accident and the sounds of Tracy Chapman filled my ears. She just appeared there at random, greeting me with her sonorous voice, singing of smoke and ashes… I don’t know why Read More
Category: Personal Development
Why Keep Waiting for an Ending?
A friend of mine on Instagram, @soberincalifornia, writes beautiful posts about recovery. This morning, she wrote about how her personal growth has felt stagnant during this pandemic. “The truth is that I’ve used the pandemic as an excuse to ease up on the work that still needs to be done. I’ve gotten lazy in the Read More
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Oh, Einstein, if you only knew… In this day and age, most of us spend long periods of time in front of screens. COVID-19 magnified this phenomenon by making nearly every face-to-face meeting virtual. In a matter of weeks, therapy, doctor’s appointments, staff meetings, school days, celebrations, support groups and church services were all being Read More
I Dream of Drinking
Last night, I dreamt I was walking with a large handbag and inside I found an already open bottle of chilled viognier, a varietal I enjoyed a little too much. It was open. It was chilled. So inevitably I started to drink it, and along with it all the feelings of guilt over blowing it Read More
Chasing Delight
As I listened to a podcast on my morning commute, the word delight caught my attention and lodged itself in my brain. I’m willing to bet the term delight is not used often these days…but maybe it needs a renaissance. Delight by definition, is simply, to take great pleasure in. When I think about what Read More
Finding and Trusting the Truth on a Snowy Walk
I returned to my life-long friend the lake this weekend, and finally found winter. My husband and I took my daughter to Lake Tahoe to celebrate his birthday and play in the snow. I know the snow is a way of life for some of my readers, and far from being special, it’s more of Read More
Finding Meaning in the Wait
I’m continuing to live in the state of stillness and trusting the unknown in the new year. This quiet I’m drawn to, a waiting place, is starting to feel important. God often leads us into times of waiting so that we can accomplish productive inner work. There’s external waiting and internal waiting. I’ve experienced both Read More
No Excuse for Excuses
Excuse: (noun) a reason or explanation put forward to defend or justify a fault or offense. Recently, I wrote a guest post for my friend Barb’s lovely blog, about how life happens not in the occasional big moments, but in all the ordinary moments in between. And it’s not until we start to engage with Read More
New Year Musings
The questions… Sometimes, I seem to have way more questions than answers. Today, for instance, my new year musings began with: Why do I always side against myself, instead of for myself? Why do I fill my mouth with food, when trying to fill my heart? Why do I live in my head, instead of Read More
I Think I’ll Sit this One Out
This last week of the year, nestled between Christmas and New Year’s has always felt extra to me…like a bonus. In light of the year we’ve had, this time it feels like empty space to fill. I feel aimless, like I should be doing something productive, but have lost my to-do list. Part of it Read More