“Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be? ~ Charles Bukoski From birth, we have an innate desire to connect and be loved. We are always searching to be fed and accepted, to feel and rest in the love…

“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home” ~Gary Snyder Soft rain whispers to me in the wee hours of the morning. “Listen,” It says, “We have come to nourish the earth so that it can nourish you.” The delicate sound lightly falls onto…

Is like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die.” ~Barbara Leger When I hear someone say, “I will never forgive….” There is instant sadness that moves through me. Yes, a lot is happening in our personal lives and the world that constantly challenges us…

But In Finding Something To Live For. ~Fyodor Dostoyevsky There are only two kinds of energy in the world. Love and Fear Everything stems from either one. Like branches on the trees that flow up and out and never cease. Both drive people to do either fantastic, incredible things or…

~Anonymous A few weeks ago, I spent five days on an energy retreat in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Right behind this three-story beach house was the Atlantic Ocean. …

I sat at my desk staring outside, watching the birds fly from one bird feeder to another, lost in the thought of no thought. I finally put the pencil down on the paper with cool doodling designs all over it that I was supposed to write…

~ Anonymous Remember the saying, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me.”? Well, here’s a news flash, that is a lie. My mom taught me this quote at an early age when I’d come running home from school crying because…

Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” ~Aristotle — I repeatedly breathe, Therefore, I am alive. I repeatedly sit in stillness, Therefore, I am evolving. I repeatedly enjoy an early morning cuppa joe as I ponder life, Therefore, I am loving to myself. I repeatedly walk in Nature, Therefore, I am a wanderer. I repeatedly…

To celebrate this Valentine’s Day, I took the ten words, ten stories piece from a week ago up to another level. The ten sentences are still there, but I have turned them into a complete story to delightfully and playfully honor this day. …