your daily rock : celebrate with wild abandon!
If you look for them, there are things to celebrate wildly every single day. In our house, we sometimes run out of vital supplies like toilet paper, light bulbs, and Häagen Dazs Dulce de Leche ice cream, but 365 days a year you can be sure of finding a rather …
your daily rock : do it now
Is there something you’ve been putting off, waiting for the perfect time? That time is now. There is no other time. We are assured no other moment. Just this one. Do it now. Love, (These beautifully painted rocks are created by Kim Mailhot, aka The Rock Fairy.
your daily rock : leave a trail
Interestingly, I’m working in a beautiful State Park on the day when this rock appears. Hiking trails abound. And on hiking trails, the goal is to leave no trace. But in life, I hope I am leaving a trail instead of leaving no trace. Is that ego talking? I think …
your daily rock : no more excuses!
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of making excuses. I know what I need to do in order to stop doing that – and one of those things is to be more realistic (and sane) about what I can take on. No, I can’t make 500 cookies in …
your daily rock : love what you do
Sometimes we’re not in the place we want to be. That’s just a reality of life. And that’s okay. Really it is. You can love where you are even if you want to work toward being someplace else. Today, focus on loving your life, your place, what you do. Find …
your daily rock : meet someone new
Everyone has a story. Everyone. Find out part of someone’s story today – say hi to someone new and ask them a question about their lives: what do they love to do? what book did they read last? The possibilities are infinite. You may be surprised and delighted by what …
your daily rock : carry a talisman
We all need something to ground us, something that has meaning for us, that reminds us of a promise we’ve made or a feeling we want to have again, or something that reminds us of someone we love. For my younger daughter, Tess, it was a tiny little grape when …
your daily rock : help them get started
Years ago when Tess was little, I tried putting her down for a nap and she started screaming. And I mean screaming. Kicking and screaming, Tess bellowed at me from her little bed, her mouth square with anger, large tears spurting from her eyes, her tiny hands frantically pulling at …
thinking thursday.
MIND The undergirding factor is power. Please read this article about prejudice and racism. “Yet, the problem is not skin color, but systems that perpetrate evil against others and then justify that evil by blaming the victims. There is nothing wrong with the color black, brown or yellow. It is …
your daily rock : no expectations
Sometimes what you expect and what happens don’t match. That gap causes pain, often. And anxiety. What if we dropped our expectations long enough to truly live in this moment, fully, without that unconscious measuring of how far we have to go, or how far away we are, or how …
