Clearing and Identity

I spent part of my day yesterday clearing out my desk drawers of accumulated old paid bills and papers from the last couple years. In the beginning, I felt energized and full of resolve, sorting papers into category piles to help me decide what I need to recycle and what I need to keep. Pretty […]

What Would Your Magic Potion Do?

As I was walking home a couple weeks ago, a small voice hailed me. “Want to buy a magic potion?” The speaker was a neighbor from up the street, a four-year old boy with dark straight hair, sitting with his Mom on the front steps of their house. A box with three small bottles lay […]

Stepping Up

  “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. We’ve all had the experience of getting in the groove with something, exercising, playing an instrument, eating healthily, practicing meditation, and then letting one week slip by without doing that activity. Then without meaning to skip […]