Scaffolding to Build Up Strength   Think back to a time when you needed a bit of extra strength to get over, under, around or through a moment.    Perhaps…

Collateral Beauty   I am not a morning person. Others in my family are and they love being this way.    They pop up like a daisy almost every day. …

Are You Mindful or Mind Full?   It’s that time of year.  There are many things to get done.    To-do lists grow out of thin air and suddenly it…

Patience is a Virtue   We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you the following.    Perhaps you are like me and have heard that patience is a virtue…

A Gathering of Leaves   Imagine, if you will, a time when there was a gathering of leaves every year.   Three very different types of gatherings pop into my…

Everything is hard before it is easy Who here likes to make goals?  They might be big goals that feel audacious and mighty. Perhaps something that makes you feel like…

Some Shortcuts Don’t Work  There is sometimes traffic stopped on the main highway on my way home from work where I live.    Recently I tried a back road to…

Storms rolling in again Storms are rolling in again these days, as it turns out there are things changing for people all around. And for us.  Sometimes the storms are…

You’re My Best Friend    There is a song that has pulsed through our house for a very long time. It pulls us to our feet to keep the place…

A Thousand Wishes Ready to be Made I have seen these fluffy white puffs around since I was a young child.    At that time, my friends and I would…