And the prompt for today in December Reflections 2018 is Best Decision of 2018. My response to the prompt is Choosing Joy This is something I do again and again. This fall when I decided to sign up for a community education watercolor painting class I put choosing joy as Read more…
I’ve been reading a book called The Biology of Wonder: Aliveness, Feeling and the Metamorphosis of Science by Andreas Weber. It’s a dense read and I often pick up the book and then put it down without making a great deal of progress. But I keep coming back to it Read more…
I’ve been writing down at least three things I’m grateful for each day this month and I love how it makes me feel—so fortunate, blessed, contented, joyful, inspired, loved, and fulfilled. The root of joy is gratefulness…It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us Read more…
I am continually shocked and dismayed by violence, racism, sexism, greed, and lies that I see and hear about in our country and our politics. My heart is with all who are suffering and grieving the loss or injury of loved ones at this time. And also with those who Read more…
One of the wonderful things about becoming older is the freedom and wisdom born from a life filled with a multitude of experiences. If I had it to do over again I wouldn’t change a thing, but I might wish that I could learn and believe a few things at Read more…