What really matters
On a few of my walks in Ireland, I would pass by congregates of sheep, with lots of new lambs. And I did my best to try to chat. Wondering if they would understand my accent.“So. Is it okay to…
Daily Dose (April 28 – May 1)
TUESDAY APRIL 28 -- Walking gives your mind time and space. To wander and mull and ponder. And evaluate, and then re-evaluate.I’m walking (we’re doing about five miles per day), but gratefully my heart and spirit are “walking” too. That's…
Everybody Looook
Walking the Camino de Santiago, I learned that the sooner you let go of your “script”, the better. And gratefully, you make space to be a pilgrim—learning, adapting, and welcoming the gifts of gratitude and pausing, and wonder and healing.I…
Daily Dose (April 21 – 24)
TUESDAY APRIL 21 -- There are two places we need to go often.A place that heals you.And a place that inspires you.Both places embrace the permission (the invitation) to show up. To this life. To this day. To be here…
A heart of flesh
A young woman with a very serious case of hives went to a specialist for relief. She had suffered for some time, living in continual pain because the hives covered much of her body. She needed healing, and hoped that…
Daily Dose (April 14 – 17)
TUESDAY APRIL 14 -- These days, I am often asked about “suggestions” for sanity and healing and reparation. My answer “Today, let goosebumps astonish us”.Goosebumps—making space for the softening in our chest whenever we see beauty or kindness or humanity.This…
Awe and wonder
Did you see any of the photos from the epic—around the moon—mission?With some images never before seen by human eyes.I have just one word: Awe. Oh, and goosebumps. Okay… two words.And I loved this headline in today’s newspaper: “The Mission…
Daily Dose (April 7 – 10)
TUESDAY APRIL 7 -- Rich is not about what we possess. Or own.In our culture, we’ve turned wealth into a way to objectify stuff and people and relationships, predicated on having, possessing and preening.So. Here’s our paradigm shift: Rich is…
They serve one another
Today, Pope Leo XIV used his first Easter address to deliver a resounding call for peace in times of renewed war, declaring, “Let those who have weapons lay them down.”“Let those who have the power to unleash wars, choose peace.”And…
Daily Dose (March 31 – April 3)
TUESDAY MARCH 31 -- The Sunday-school teacher asked her 10-year-old students if they would be willing to give $1,000,000 to missionary work for children and families in need."Yes," they all screamed in unison."Very good. Would you give $1000?""Yes!""Good. Would you…