“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” –Charles Darwin How we respond to change is not only essential to our survival, but paramount to our happiness. We humans are creatures of habit and routine. We like to know in advance what’s […]
The Beauty of Letting Go
While we observe the autumn trees in full molt, we can all learn something from their wild, glorious farewell soiree… how to let go with beauty and grace. Letting go can be powerfully liberating, making space for the things that better nourish our souls, and better reflect who we currently are, or would like to be. We often hold on to […]
Keeping it Real
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we perceive others through the lens of social media and how this perception translates into how we feel about ourselves and our lives. Most of what we see as we scroll the pages of Facebook or Instagram are idyllic pictures of our friends and families doing amazing things: taking beautiful beach […]
On Jealousy
I’ll get straight to the point of this post: JEALOUSY IS TOXIC. As someone who has been on both sides of Envy Street, I can say with confidence, nothing good will ever come from jealousy. No one benefits. On the contrary, everyone involved suffers, and here’s why: First, jealousy is based on our misguided perceptions of […]
God Bless the Freaks
God bless the so-called freaks The nerds and the geeks The Goths and punks The hippies, yuppies, metros and chic God bless the Plain-Janes, The goodie two-shoes, the rebels and jocks The cowboys, the rednecks, The drags and hip-hops And God bless the normal, whoever they are It may get lonely their side […]
Oh My Words!
I never understood the saying “sticks and stones may break your bones but names will never hurt you”. Bones are easily healed with time and rest, whereas the words we say to ourselves and others are not so easily erased. They combine to make the sentences, paragraphs and chapters of our autobiography — the story we tell ourselves […]
My Daily Crumb
Early spring in New England, with its seemingly endless cold, gray days, has me in a nasty funk, feeling restless and cranky. I know, intuitively, this is all part of seasonal cycling and will pass; however, as I trudge through it, it’s tough! As part of my coping strategy, I’ve been spending more time in quiet reflection reading […]
Love More, Judge Less
I have been pondering the question, “what is it about humans that compels us to judge others”, because boy, oh boy do we judge. The minute we lay eyes on another person we, first, label and categorize them: he’s black; she’s overweight; that couple is gay, etc. Second, we make assumptions about his/her life: the […]
Feed Your Soil
A very wise soul once told me, “just because a field is fallow doesn’t mean it’s not working, that nothing is going on.” Actually, it’s quite the contrary. Below the surface, deep within the soil, balance is being restored. A whole plethora of life (microorganisms, earthworms, beetles, etc.) is working overtime to produce the essential […]
Get Lost
I have a bumper sticker on my car that says “not all who wander are lost” with a picture of a stick figure hiker above it. I have this sticker because I love to hike and explore new places. But, as I was reading “Everything that Remains” by the Minimalists, I got to rethinking this […]
