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“I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” G.K. Chesterton It’s...

“We all have the possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming." Maya Angelou I recently had the opportunity...

Most of us know the feeling of being alone. We all long to belong. We all want to be seen and supported. We all want to be connected with...

"When we are not afraid to enter into our own center and to concentrate on the stirrings of our own soul, we come to know that being...

“Wisdom, after all, is not a station you arrive at, but a means of traveling.” Sue Monk Kidd As we grow in self awareness we become more...

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you truly are.“ e.e. cummings What is that makes you, you? I am fascinated by the mystery of...

I am often struck by the way things turn out differently than we imagine. I remember hearing a remarkable story from Alaska. A local...

“We must be willing to let go of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” Joseph Campbell When I was pregnant...

Can you point to a particular profession that was passed down from one generation to the next in your family? Five hundred years ago that...

“Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. “ Psalm 90:14 There’s something about...

"Give me the courage to live! Really live" Howard Thurman I had two surprising things happen to me yesterday. First, someone shook my...

“In commencement addresses people admonish us: take risks. Be willing to fail… We do want people to take risks, to strive for difficult...

“The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.” Dallas...

“A good half of the art of living is resilience.” Alain de Botton I’ve been thinking about olive trees recently. One morning while...

"Comparison is the thief of joy." Theodore Roosevelt I recently learned of Benjamin Zander, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic...

"I give thanks for arriving safely in a new dawn. For the gift of eyes to see the world, the gift of mind to feel at home in my life." *...

“Habits gradually change the face of one’s life as time changes one’s physical face; and one does not know it.” Virginia Woolf Change is...

“Be careful what you think, because your thoughts run your life.” Proverbs 4:23 NCV Have you heard the story about the two marketing...

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which...

"what is essential is invisible to the eye" Antoine de Saint-Exupery I encountered the magic of fireflies for the first time in my late...