Feel the serenity of change
I like to think of cypress trees as standing like sentinels over my heart, their deep blue-green holding me like no other color can.
Tag: inspiration
How much are you worth?
10-1: We weigh, judge, feel screwed, feel like we got a bargain, or stand fiercely for fair trade and equality.
Trust yourself
9-29: Because of their antlers, which grow and shed and regrow, deer symbolize a magical ability to regenerate. This alchemical aspect shows we are in touch with life’s mysteries.
Love one another
Listen to your heart, my mother would tell me. What does your heart say?
Wear your bright colors
9-26: Colors can be beautiful bridges between our conscious and unconscious, our inner and outer, our spirit and our human selves
Where is your funny bone?
“This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.”
You are always free in your thoughts
With every thought that comes your way, try out its opposite. Try to balance yourself.
Why it all matters
9-15: Take a stand, whether it’s by singing, protesting, donating, writing poetry, knitting, drinking tea, or taking a nap.
The stillness of tea
Stillness 9-14-2020: It’s so interesting that tea has the double effect of making us feel calm and invigorated at the same time.
On strength and weakness
Stillness 9-12-2020: Our darndest weakness also can be our greatest strength.
Are you an empath?
9-11-2020: How to live a healthy, whole, and happy life as an empath.
Find a new way
9-9=2020: Most of us live the lives we’re living for good reasons. It’s not usually a new life we seek but a new way of looking at the one we have.
Say hello to happiness
9-1-2020: If you want to be happy, the first thing you need to do is accept a person as being who they are, not as you wish they were.
Speak the truth
I used to think that telling nice little lies was a good thing.
Wake up—open up
8-26-2020: That middle-of-the-night panic or waking-up-in-the-morning-with-dread may be related to an empowering sense of vulnerability.
Try a different way
8-25-2020: When you’re having a hard time getting along with someone, what do you do? Attack, or growl, or feel hurt, or smile, snarl, try to talk about it, see a therapist, or walk away?
Keep pouring out
8-23-2020: In order to keep pouring ourselves into the world, we need replenishment and moisture. We need to infuse ourselves with rest, joy, appreciation.
What does it mean?
8-21-2020: One of the best ways to practice balance of intuition and intelligence is to become more neutral about both.
Imagine you’re a ribbon
I like to imagine the person before me as a present. Try it. What we see are lovely ribbons. It’s rare that any of us reveal the present that is inside, at least not right away. Our task is to untie the ribbon that wraps them and somewhat disguises them. It’s the untying of the ribbon that is as delightful as unwrapping and admiring the gift itself.
Lighten up! Lift off!
It was like being in a rickety, flying car. We bumped and wobbled, at first barely seeming to get off the ground. Once aloft, we dipped and glided and bounced along, hour after hour.
Being adored by the sea
Let yourself be adored–it’s the great secret of happiness.
Unseal your fountain
8-14-2020: Imagine yourself as a fountain sparkling in the sunshine. The water comes from the mountain at your back, and flows perpetually into the pipes that feed your fountain, so that it always flows serenely.