Believe in Beauty

“If you ignore beauty, You will soon find yourself without it… But if you invest in beauty, It will remain with you all the days of your life.” Frank Lloyd Wright I had existed for over a month in a self-formed chrysalis, trying to heal from long-standing grief buried beneath the cement of feigned acceptance. …

Hope Lives in Us – Day 10

I woke up day number 10 of the year 2019 to this view out my window. Hope is a breath of fresh air.  A long deep breath I so often forget to take as I allow the shallow breaths of time starvation and self-protective adrenaline to overwhelm my day. The meditation I focus on is…

Hope – 2019 – Daily Posts

Renewal has turned to hope. This first day of the new year with its call for resolutions reminds me of the accomplishments of the past year.  Allowing myself to open up to others through my writing brought renewal. Recently, a question was presented to me, “how do you stop agonizing over the past? My answer…

Writing to Kindness

Writing makes me a better person.  How do I know this?  The holiday season is filled with activities that take me away from my writing.  And in the magnetic pull of seasonal revelries and necessities, kindness appears to dissipate. What normally draws me in and captures my attention and the resulting analysis is missing as…

Metaphorical Thinking

Metaphorical Thinking It’s been raining for days.  I’m driving along a rural highway admiring the visual gifts, namely the multiple waterfalls being formed simply by water cascading down slight inclines of land.  My mind wanders and settles on the cleansing effect of rain on the earth.  For me, the metaphorical thoughts inherently follow.   As…