“Be in the present moment.”  We hear this often, but have you ever wondered what it really means? Or how you do it?  If you’ve tried this idea of present moment awareness, you may have found yourself a bit distracted.  Or confused.  How do you stay present, in this moment, engaged in the now, when everything else is swirling around you? It’s a moving target! It’s also seemingly a paradox. And that’s the magic of it. To me,...

We benefit from reading a great book. So I’d like to recommend on of my favorites: The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. If you have read it already, great! I recommend that you read it again! This is one of those books that offers continued wisdom with each reading. This powerful little book is aptly promoted as “a practical guide to personal freedom,” and I completely agree. The basic tenet of the book is that you live...

Today I choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice. And today I choose to be happy. It’s a gray and cloudy, rainy day as a cold front moves, yet I choose to be happy. My darling boyfriend is in the midst of some mysterious health concern, yet I choose to be happy. My beloved Mother is in the hospital with a diagnosis of lung cancer and a tumor in her throat, yet I choose to be happy. Am I happy that my Mom is ill and suffering? No. But I can...

Trust can be strong or fragile. It’s one of those intangible things that slips out of your grasp like quicksilver if you try to define it. It’s a feeling, a knowing, a certainty at times and a mystery as well. It is certainly not one size fits all. Sometimes you feel like you can trust someone right away, and others it take so long before you do. Trust is hard to obtain at times, and yet, so easily lost. And once lost, not ever really...

You have to have faith, right? We’ve all heard that. But what is it that you have faith in? Yourself? God? The Divine? The Universe? Your family? Friends? Co-workers or business associates? Maybe all of the above? Or for some, none of the above. Which is disheartening. Faith is a powerful force. And I believe that we need to use our power for good. Therefore a lack of faith or faith in lack, serves no purpose. You’re going to...

January 1, 2013! Another new beginning.  I spent most of the day in reflection.  Looking at the things in my life that are working for me and that I am happy about and also at the things that I’m not so satisfied with and then deciding what I can change.  Not so much by making New Year’s Resolutions, but more from the stand point of being aware and deciding where to put my energy. Energy flows where attention goes.  Isn’t...