"How you experience life isn't about what happens to you, but about how you react to it." ~ Eckhart Tolle When was the last time a perfect stranger swore at you? I'm talking heavy duty "I...
What the F-Bomb Taught Me About Presence Power
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How to Listen When Your Land is Crying — A Ghost Story
The events I'm about to recount happened several months ago. Though I had expected to write about them much sooner, I realize now that Halloween week is the perfect time to share my ghost...
Rockin’ the 2013 Army 10-Miler
"I can't believe we're actually doing this!" Donna hugged me excitedly and continued, "We're actually here!" We stood with around 35,000 of our closest friends in the Pentagon parking lot...
Guest Post: Booby-Trapped This October?
Editor's Note: Today's post is reprinted from Yvonne Watterson's website Consider the Lilies ~ & Lessons From the Field. What has surprised me most since my own breast cancer diagnosis...
How to Organize Your Day in A Mindful Way
"Seldom do we stop doing what we're doing and think about (and rework) how we're doing it." Scott Belsky, Founder of Behance and author of Making Ideas Happen Over the past couple of...
The Reluctant Runner’s Guide to Distance Running
Yesterday I did something I've never done before. Not only that, I had never expected to even attempt it. I ran 8 miles. Well, sort of. It's all Donna's fault. Donna's my friend who asked...
A Helping Hand From My Father, 34 Years After His Death
The dahlias are in full swing in my garden, mums are about to take the stage, and pansies are replacing begonias in strip mall landscaping across the region. Autumn has finally arrived in...
Feng Shui Power Tools
Sometimes it has to get really noisy before we can realize inner peace. Who could have guessed that a pressure washer would become my latest spiritual teacher, or at least a new favorite...
A Gift of Flowers From Me to You
Everyone has many associations with a flower - the idea of flowers. You put out your hand to touch the flower – lean forward to smell it – maybe touch it with your lips almost without...
Tossing My Cookies: Lessons From A Lifetime of Public Upchucks
The gravel cut into the palms of my hands and my knees as I crouched next to the garden shed. Cars sped down Virginia's Route 29 just a few yards away -- too fast, I hoped, to notice me on...
Wisdom: What Wizards Know and Wonks May Miss
Today's piece was originally published in the June 2013 edition of Soulwoman eMagazine, the theme of which was "Wisdom." Hope you enjoy it! And make sure to hop on over to Soulwoman for a...
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: My First Entry
"There are always flowers for those who want to see them." ~ Henri Matisse I just learned about this cool gig that garden bloggers have going. The 15th of every month is designated...