Clearing the Table

Every day. So far, it’s been every day for 12 years! She mentioned that she had to go deep, to look more deeply, to go beyond the obvious.

Connecting the Dots

Our brains work in amazing ways. We learn through patterns, we follow patterns, we create patterns, and sometimes we disrupt patterns. One of my favorite things is the expansion that happens, the lives that improve, when we activate this kind of learning.

Wool and a Beach Ball

Pairing some wool fiber and a beach ball is an odd choice. Odd, but fun. Who would have guessed how much fun you can have indoors with a ball, some soapy water, and a pile of colorful wool?

Emptiness or Spaciousness

Maybe it would be easier to let go, if the imagined result looked more like spaciousness than emptiness.

Remembering

It’s also a good day to consider what we individually might do to encourage peace. What might we say and do, that could make our world a more peaceful place, where we can find better ways to live together on this earth?

Small Delights

With all the stuff going on in the whole world and in our own little corners of the world, it’s nice to have small delights to make us smile, slow down, breathe a little better, and enjoy.

Pink Flowers and Blue Sky

Nonetheless, I made it around a sort of circuit. My reward at the end was one of my favorite trees—a mimosa. It has delicate pink flowers—and such bold color!

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

You’d think we’d be used to the flooding here in Texas, and that we’d figure out a better way to manage these downpours. It’s a complicated thing that I can’t begin to understand.

Waiting For…

Have you noticed that time seems to go by faster and faster? My mother-in-law used to say, “I wake up on Monday morning, and when I go to bed, it’s Friday night.”

Finding Our Strength

When we face challenges, it’s easy to spot weaknesses. However, if we look at ourselves as a rich and complex system, we can start to identify the inner resources that allow us to stand in our own power.