I’m standing in my favorite spot in the pouring rain, and it’s beautiful. A Blessing from the Trees Standing in the rain of your life, holding the reins, trusting the rain. Knowing you are exactly where you are meant to be. Dear ones of great beauty, wisdom, and grace. Some days you are standing in…
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I am in one of my other favorite spots in Tryon Creek, standing on a bridge overlooking the creek. It is a particularly green and beautiful place in the forest. The sound of the water is so beautiful that this blessing feels like a combination of the blessing from the trees and a blessing from…
My new light is a headlamp. My brother is an athlete who has traveled and surfed all over the world. He is staying with us now because someone surfed straight into his leg and broke it, so he’s recovering. But he still works out every day. Nothing stops him. I walk every day and pretty…
I want to speak about joy and wholeness and weathering storms and still being whole and feeling blessings always. A Blessing from the Trees In the stillness of your being is a place of great expansion. Become still and feel the expanded state of your inner being. Feel the expansiveness of not just being a…
I’m standing in my favorite spot on an absolutely gorgeous spring day. The light is filtering through the trees and uplifting my spirit! I’ve had more time in the forest today for work, for contemplation, for movement, stillness, gratitude, and joy. A Blessing from the Trees In the wide wide world that wraps its chaos…
The Umbrella Sometimes, I like to do my InStory guided process on myself and ask: What is an image or metaphor that’s just right for this moment? A few days ago, before getting up in the morning, after some quiet meditative rituals, I asked this question. And the image I received was an umbrella. Not…
I am on my neighborhood walk near the end of January and it is a crystal clear, beautiful, not too cold day. It is glorious. The mountain standing out clear and strong, the sky blue, the sun bright. A reminder to look up and remember the sun comes out again tomorrow. A Blessing from the…
I am standing once again in my most favorite spot that is always the same and new and expanding and infinite, just like us and our world A Blessing from the Trees The tears of the human heart water the infinite soul that has been given to each of you. Feel the expanded water of…
It’s cool, humid and still in the forest today. The forest called me and I am happy to answer that call and stand in the majestic, cool, quiet presence of the trees. A Blessing from the Trees The intersecting presence calls to you. The trees, rooted in the earth. The sky expansive, beyond measure. Your…
I just read something that blew my mind and kind of broke my heart at the same time. My husband sent me an article called The Five Most Common Regrets people have when they’re dying. I was amazed to see that the top regret was exactly what I believe the work that I have been…