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your daily rock : believe in your beauty

Beauty is such a charged word, and it need not be. You are beautiful. There is simply no doubt in my mind about that. Your heart beating inside your chest? Sheer, ecstatic beauty. The way you look at clouds? Full of wistful beauty. When you speak respectfully to a child? …

your daily rock : please lick the art

I love, love, love, love this story. And I think we should do exactly the opposite: I think we should love things so deeply and so fiercely that we lick the art every day. Today, show your abundant enthusiasm for something! Love,       (These beautifully painted rocks are …

your daily rock : wake up to beauty

Somehow we save beauty for special occasions–those flowers we receive from a loved one, the photos of sunsets that fill us with satisfaction, the reflections of sails on a lake. What if we really saw the beauty around us all the time? The cracks in the sidewalk that provide a …

your daily rock : surprise!

As adults, we often train ourselves AGAINST surprise. Let’s change that. Let’s train ourselves FOR surprise. Today, surprise someone! Let yourself be surprised! As remember, as Tierney Gearon said, “Even in the familiar there can be surprise and wonder.” Love,       (These beautifully painted rocks are created by …

your daily rock : live an extraordinary life

Do you know how you do that? You don’t have to have a big, impressive resume or invent something that saves lives. You don’t have to live in a showcase home or have a New York Time’s bestselling book. You don’t have to even fulfill your wildest dream (though I …

your daily rock : now is the time

There is no other. Love,       (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.

your daily rock : feel deeply

We protect ourselves a lot, don’t we? We set up walls, we retreat, we hide what we’re feeling, we quickly wipe away tears. Why? Because to do otherwise is to be deeply vulnerable. What might happen if we didn’t do that? If we showed up as fully and beautifully human …

your daily rock : enjoy the ride

Finally! A chance to use a quote from Johnny Depp: “I think the thing to do is to enjoy the ride while you’re on it.” I don’t like roller coasters very much. But when we visited Disney World with Emma when she was younger, she wanted to ride all of …

your daily rock : fall in love with yourself

You know how it is when you meet someone and are thrilled by them, falling in love with them? Every moment is a revelation. You love the way their hair looks in the sunlight. You find reasons to go for coffee at their favorite coffee shop and you love watching …

your daily rock : seek clarity

When Tess and I went on our camping and canoe adventure this summer, our friend Nancy brought along a water purifier so we would have potable water as we camped on the shore of Duncan Lake and canoed and hiked. Early every morning and late every afternoon, she and Tess …