We are READY!!!

It’s wonderful. We are talking, meeting, eating with friends and families once again. We are striking up conversations with total strangers – at least I don’t think I am the only one doing that. As we are trying to return to “normal” I am increasingly aware of not being my normal self. Two years of isolation, restrictions, separations have

The Power of Optimism

Do not be afraid: Advice to investors and other friends By David Snowball …. things are, generation by generation, getting better. Politicians hype crime in the cities without acknowledging that violent crime has fallen to its lowest levels in a century. Childhood poverty has dropped dramatically in 25 years. Poverty and hunger have fallen on

Using watercolor for meditation

https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/what-is-color-meditation https://www.spiritualityhealth.com/color-meditation-for-anxiety? Not related but fun !

Monday’s are tough so be gentle 🎈

Deep Peace

Deep peace of the running wave to youDeep peace of the flowing air to youDeep peace of the quiet earth to youDeep peace of the shining stars to youDeep peace of the Son of peace to youIona Community https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_1OAZR4Avs0&feature=share

A moment of beauty and peace

https://fb.watch/bPL33aKYoz/

The Sh&t Prayer

I was having a stressful moment, shift, day, week… and there was another trauma call for a chaplain. I needed to pray. I needed to vent. I knew God would understand. And so I voiced my prayer: “Sh&t, Sh&t, Sh&t, Sh&t, Sh&t…..Amen” I later shared the experience with my coworkers. I think it was soon

Being Open; Being Present

Cuddle Therapy

Maya Angelou, an excerpt from “A Brave and Startling Truth”

We, this people, on this small and drifting planet Whose hands can strike with such abandon That in a twinkling, life is sapped from the living Yet those same hands can touch with such healing, irresistible tenderness That the haughty neck is happy to bow And the proud back is glad to bend Out of