by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 13, 2012 | Breast Cancer, Mindful Gardening
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson This year I have approached my garden from an Emersonian viewpoint, embracing the virtues of weeds. A house remodeling project in the spring, a book idea, and...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 11, 2012 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons, Mindful Parenting, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“Most people are still completely identified with the incessant stream of mind, of compulsive thinking, most of it repetitive and pointless.” — Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Discovering Your Life’s Purpose As I’ve noted before, I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 8, 2012 | Life Lessons, Mindfulness Thought Leaders
“We are ultimately not separate, not from one another nor from any living thing — the flower, the tree, the cat, the dog. You can sense yourself in them, the essence of who you are.” — Eckhart Tolle, Guardians of Being Spiritual enlightenment...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 6, 2012 | Feng Shui/Clutter Clearing, Life Lessons
“The digital consciousness can’t tolerate three minutes of pure focus.” — William Powers, Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age It took unplugging to recharge my batteries. Yesterday, I...
by Martha Brettschneider | Aug 3, 2012 | Life Lessons
One month ago today, I posted my first blog. The site wasn’t actually public until a couple of days later, but I’m using today as the blog’s birthday since my first message was posted on July 3. As I explained in one of the early entries, another...
