Whether observing a spear of summer grass, listening to the wind moving through the trees, watching children laugh and play, or simply feeling the warmth of the sun as it shines down on us, taking time to simply be, to watch and experience with no other agenda than to loafe, is fodder for the sublime. The tactile and the transcendent can be one and the same.… Continue reading
There’s nothing inherently difficult about being mindful or in making conscious decisions about how we interact with the people, things, and world around us, but it’s so easy to get caught up in the planning ahead or the worrying or the dreaming or whatever else may occupy our minds (or we get stuck in one of the scripts we follow in our heads) that we forget to simply be present now and to focus on who or what is right in front of us.… Continue reading
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” — Berthold Auerbach
Music has a way of helping us to express things that are difficult to put into words or thoughts. It can carry with it notions of beauty and grandeur as well as heart ache and sadness. Music can change the direction of the thoughts flowing through your mind or the mood of an entire room.… Continue reading
“Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time,’ is like saying, ‘I don’t want to’.” — Lao Tzu
That is, if something is truly important to you, you will make time for it. And if you’re not willing to make the time for it, is it really as important as you say?
Consider this when you’re pondering whether to commit larger things, such as time spent with friends and family.… Continue reading
“Teach us delight in simple things.” — Rudyard Kipling
There are abundant reasons to celebrate and delight in our everyday lives, if only we have the eyes to see them.
Today, take a moment to appreciate the simple pleasures that surround you: the hopping of a bird as it searches for a bug, the coziness of a warm sweater, the crunch of a fresh carrot stick, the smell of freshly ground coffee, or the sound of the rain as it dances on your roof.… Continue reading
Thoughts can be helpful and insightful, they can be disturbing and upsetting, they can be uplifting and magical, or they can simply be background noise. Isn’t it nice to know that we can dismiss thoughts that aren’t sympathetic with the path we want to travel?
What’s running through your head today?
“Don’t believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that – thoughts.”… Continue reading
Indeed, the beauty of nature is a feast for our souls. Have you looked at the sky today?
“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson… Continue reading
We are only guaranteed this moment. Let’s live it to its fullest.
“Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.” ― Albert Einstein… Continue reading
May we truly live our lives, today and every day.
“May you live all the days of your life.” Jonathan Swift
What have you been thinking about doing? Now is the moment to begin creating the future life you want to live. Wonderfully, if things don’t go as planned, now is always the moment to begin again.
“The future is always beginning now.” — Mark Strand