After over four years of sharing a home or living in someone else's home, I was looking forward to moving out into our own home. Looking forward so hard. But it was not to be...instead we moved into a shared home. Time to let go again. Letting go is such an ongoing, never-ending lesson. Letting …
Gratitude for Crappy Things
I read a journal prompt the other day that asked if I had something crappy in my past that I could find something in to be thankful for today. That was a tough question. Had loads of crappy things to choose from, lol. So I decided to find gratitude in the very first crappy thing. …
It’s all about the little things
This morning I woke with a blanket of heaviness covering me. I had been immersed in stress/anxiety dreams. My love and I are in a difficult situation right now. It weighs on us both, very heavy and without much relief, for several years now. One thing I do to help combat this heaviness is to …
Gratitude
(from my journal) Green tea, quiet early morning, lovely poetry, Tao Te Ching. Clean face. New work week, new beginnings, fresh starts. Nice cool room in the early morning light. Cherished spouse sleeping, precious pup curled on chair. Time to wake slowly, time to begin anew. Time to think, consider, ponder, notice, note, understand. Love …
From my Journal 1/5/22
Life is full of chaos, confusion, ups, downs, happiness, elatedness, sadness, despondency, gratitude, and on and on. It's all there, all of it. All of it is life, all there to be experienced and learned from. I welcome it all! Like Rumi's guest house, I throw open the door. Come in, come in! Sit by …