First, I hope everyone is having a fantastic 2012 so far. I hope you’re not hungover, or that if you are it was worth it. I also hope that the universe brings you everything you need over these next 365 days and that you are surrounded by love, peace, prosperity and happiness. Now, for a [...]
Paths and Wires
December 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Today, we all took a walk at the ranch. Me, my son and the cowboy. The cowboy offered my kid the following advice: “Son, there are only two things you need to know to survive out here. The first? Cow paths always lead to water. The second? High wires always lead to civilization.” I thought [...]
Making Room For What Matters
December 17, 2011 3 Comments
I love purge days. Today, my son and I are going through our cabinets and closets and getting rid of whatever we don’t need or want anymore. The empty cabinet pictured above is in my laundry room. Somehow in the past few months it had managed to get stuffed with plastic bags from the grocery [...]
The Quiet Beauty of Unplugging
December 12, 2011 2 Comments
Last week, actor Alec Baldwin got his arse tossed off a plane for refusing to turn off his iPad. A few days before that, author Warren Adler wrote a wonderful piece in the Huffington Post about how cell phone addiction is rewiring the human brain, and not in good ways. This all supports a growing [...]
To Those Alone on Thanksgiving
November 24, 2011 2 Comments
It was 1993. I wore parachute pants. As if that weren’t bad enough, I was living in a studio apartment in Manhattan with two other people. I was broke. My roommates had gone back to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving, and there I was, alone. I’d never been alone for Thanksgiving, and somehow no city in the [...]
Give Thanks for the Ordinary
November 21, 2011 Leave a Comment
I love what Rev. Michael McGee says about giving thanks for the ordinary. Words to live by this Thanksgiving week. I am thankful for you, my readers.
Be Patient — Disappointments Are Often Seedling Blessings
Patience is a virtue. We’ve heard this phrase so many times that it almost doesn’t register anymore. It’s become a cliche. But I want you to really think about the phrase right now, as though hearing it for the first time: Patience is a virtue. What does it mean? In Galatians 5:22-23 Paul lists patience [...]