"Silence is refreshment for the soul." - Wynonna Judd It has been a long time. You have no idea how many times over the last two months I have stared at a blank page and had no idea what to write. I started this blog two years ago because I always have so much to …
I Remember Martin Siegfried
"As we set today aside to honor and thank our veterans, let us be mindful that we should do this every day of the year and not just one." - Beth Pennington Today in Canada is Remembrance Day. Everyone remembers the veterans who were in wars and those who are still fighting to protect our …
At Ease
"We don't realize that somewhere within us all, there does exist a supreme self who is eternally at peace." - Elizabeth Gilbert A big part of my morning routine, is sitting in stillness and writing in my journal. My journaling has evolved over the years into a fairly elaborate process. I begin the day by responding …
Waiting for Happiness
"Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make you own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace happen...yourself, …
Finding a Piece of Calm in the Middle of a Storm
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. Eleanor Roosevelt Sometimes in order to try a new treatment, you have to go …
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Avenues to Meditation
When you're a kid, you lay in the grass and watch the clouds going over, and you literally don't have a thought in your mind. It's purely meditation, and we lose that. Dick Van Dyke Meditation gets a bad wrap in my opinion. Whenever I mention it to someone, they usually say something like "I'm …