Spending time in the garden teaches me to be quiet and going for walks in nature shows me how tiny I am in the scheme of things.

Let go of self-importance. Release desire. Cease self-isolation. Dissolve into the great Oneness. "Die before you die" - Eckhart Tolle

To give a speech or eulogy, a typed script ensures you cover the material required. But write it and speak it from the heart.

Has Life left its mark on you? Although you may be broken and patched, you can still be functional, compassionate, tolerant, patient.

Make a bouquet with what happens to you. Work with what you’ve been given. Make a bouquet with whatever is available in your life right now.

The lesson hidden in autumn is that life is about endless change.

Wisdom from the Velveteen Rabbit to oldies like me: Real isn’t how you are made. It’s a thing that happens to you. It takes a long time.

A new way to see your skin. It doesn't separate you from everything else. It connects you to everything else. Skin is a point of connection.

A lesson from tofu. Short article about the cookbook 'Beat Cancer Kitchen' by Chris & Micah Wark.

We have roles to fulfill in our lives. Don't take them too seriously. Live from the presence that's been with you since before you were born

You are a miracle. And so is everything else. Be like Walt Whitman. See miracles everywhere and feel the joy.

Be kind every day. Kindness can take thought and planning or be spontaneous. However it happens, it changes the world.

Love and light in you. Crack open the hard casing of self-preservation to let out your true nature. The gold within.

Say, I don't know. This allows silence and space to enter the conversation. It opens a door to allow universal wisdom to engage with us.

You are the wave and the ocean. Your life is the wave. Consciously connect with your spirit, which is the ocean.

I won’t get to walk the Camino de Santiago, but that doesn’t mean I can’t go on a pilgrimage. I’m walking a pilgrimage every day.

Don't make a New Year Resolution. Look back at 2023 to recall when you Realized Something Important. Embed that in how you live in 2024.

"When we let go of everything that we can let go of, that which never leaves us, simply shines by itself." Rupert Spira

Some simple ideas to help others. Turn someone’s life around by showing them you care.

Your life is never on hold. Accept what is going on in this moment, and work with it, even if it's not what you planned. Be truly present.