September 2017

  • "You are only free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great"           Maya Angelou. I began reading Brene Brown's… Continue reading

  • Behaviors will change.

    In listening to a podcast, I heard a new way to look at changing behaviors that are not good for us. The idea is, that we are triggered, we behave and then we reap the reward. What was different this… Continue reading

  • The Landscape Within

    From "A Mind At Home With Itself" Question asked of Byron Katie; and her response. "Mind is everything; mind is good," you say. Are you talking about awareness? Why do you use the word mind here? Why don't you ever… Continue reading

  • Who you are

    "Every no I say is a yes to myself. It feels right to me. People don't have to guess what I want or don't want, and I don't need to pretend. When you're honest about our yeses and noes, it's… Continue reading

  • Self Wisdom

    "Curiosity and Complaining are two fundamentally different postures." "The problem with complaining, is complaining is energy spent, that you could have spent asking questions. The problem with blaming other people and blaming them two months later, and two years later,… Continue reading

  • Filled.

    I heard a common phrase for the first time. "Empty words".  What struck me was how true the phrase was. Words are not always full. Of meaning, truth and actions. Sometimes they are just letters arranged a certain way.  Words… Continue reading

  • I woke up to a faint blush in the sky and decided to go out and be with the sunrise. It was so peaceful, quiet, and beautiful.  Only a few dog walkers and I were witness to this display. Each… Continue reading

  • Listening to the mind.

    Life is broken down into our perception and reality.  One doesn't depend upon the other. Yet, our lives are dictated by our perceptions much more than they are by reality. More often, we can disregard reality and live a life… Continue reading