“Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out.” — James Bryant Conant Sometimes the universe knows exactly when you need a “shell-shocking” reminder to slow down. I was scurrying between meetings today, my mind racing through a to-do list that seemed to grow with every step, when I passed our…
“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart This year, I have found it harder and harder to motivate myself to get up and go in the mornings. Not that I am not functional, but that I feel I have lost some of the joy.…
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean” – John Muir Nothing quite like a hike up the mountain to wash the spirit clean! Was another beautiful morning, and thought we would change it up, so…
“If I have free time, I want to go to the beach…Live a little bit of life” – James Wan Could not have asked for a more perfect morning for the beach – no ocean mist, lowest-of-low tides, all the space in the world to chase the ball! I was not able to honor our…
“With the coming of spring, I am calm again.” Gustav Mahler The darkness and emptiness of winter is lifted by the brightness of spring that somehow brings calm and eases anxiety. The winter rains in California seemed to go on forever, but they were so worth it – filling up the groundwater and creating a…