It’s Become One of My Most Useful Mantras — I recently reconnected with an old friend with whom I’d been out of touch for several years, like almost a decade. She’s going through a challenging transition which includes selling her home, something she doesn’t want to do, but has to. Interestingly, I went through a similar transition at about…

A dialogue about aging well — I gazed at my hand, draped palm-down on the book I was reading. It surprised me when the tears came. What I saw was crepey skin gathered at the base of my thumb and soft wrinkles pooling around my knuckles. What I saw was my mother’s hand, the shape, and…

8 ways life teaches you lessons — Life’s teachers are literally everywhere. If you’re looking. Relationships Are Great Teachers I had a beautiful conversation with a dear friend this week. We were working through something together, something that had found the space in our open hearts to discuss and resolve. Not the easiest thing for two people who avoid conflict. …

That is not a typo. Sometimes a happy accident appears in your day that sets thoughts and motions in different directions. If you’re paying attention. I was scrolling through my email when the subject line, “Your must question,” caught my attention. “Your must question.” At least, that’s what I thought…

Summer Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shine!” —

It comes down to this — The calm lake beckoned. The house was still sleeping as I fixed my coffee, wrapped in a blanket against the early morning chill, and found a perfect spot in an Adirondack chair on the dock over Lake LBJ. Not a ripple. The houses across the lake reflected perfect mirror images…

Are you living yours? — “Trust and value your own divinity.” Wayne Dyer It’s what Sheryl Crow had to say about Michael Jackson: “He was in his divinity.” She toured with him early in her career and recalled standing in the offstage wings. …

What may or may not be stopping you from opportunity — A dense cluster of trees framed the path ahead of me on my morning walk this morning. It was a new route so I was unfamiliar with the terrain. As I neared, I found myself looking for escape routes. …

It makes total sense when you think about it — “Oh honey, life is about letting go.” A friend’s mother gave her this pearl of wisdom after she’d had her first child. She was in a state of angst when every little thing seemed weighted and overly important. “Oh honey, life is about letting go,” her mother said. The idea…