Yesterday was day 10 of my 30 day gratitude practice and the first day of this gratitude cycle when I found it difficult to feel gratitude. With the early advent of winter that came with snow and an arctic blast I lost my gratitude for a while and wallowed in Read more…
Magical Mornings Some mornings, just before sunrise, the sky near the horizon turns orange-red and the clouds look purple in the distance. I don’t know enough about the weather to predict when a sunrise will be spectacular and when it will be ho-hum, but either way it is worth it Read more…
Quote of the day: “Heaven opened and the water hammered down, reviving the reluctant old well, greenmossing the pigless pigsty, carpet bombing still, tea-colored puddles the way memory bombs still, tea-colored minds.” ― Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things The first day of the rain I laughed and was Read more…
Quote of the day: “I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The way to start changing your mind is not to force it or command it but to watch it.” — Martha Beck, ~How to Think Your Way Free, The Martha Beck Collection, Essays for Creating Your Right Life Volume Try a little Read more…
Quotes of the day: “The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.” ― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles “Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or Read more…