Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. Anne Lamott  ...

Only Breath Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, or Zen.  Not any religion or cultural system.  I am not from t...

Those people in our lives who have validated our personhood by seeing us and exclaiming so are the foundations of our self-worth. Mark...

                            The Universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects to be exploited.  Everything has i...

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of te...

"What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing, or any other resistance, is understanding fear;  that mea...

When the world says "Give up," Hope whispers "Try it one more time." Author Unknown There must be a line between s...

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. We need only to be awake, alive in the moment. ...

I would rather sit on one pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. Henry David Thoreau  The oxymoro...

 When we know love matters more than anything and we know that nothing else really matters, we move into a state of surrender. Surrende...

Whatever you are, be a good one. Abraham Lincoln  In the fall, the uniqueness of all things is highly present.  There are not two pum...

An apple falls from the tree when it is ripe; there is no way it can continue to stay on the branch. In the same way, there is no way yo...

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child. Knights of Pythagoras  Watching little children, determination and res...

I will not allow myself to be less than I am to meet anyone's expectations! terri st cloud bonesigharts.com  In dream time, a v...

Journaling the Labyrinth: A mindful walk through Autumn On October 15, 2011, a special event was held at Penuel Ridge Retre...

Humanities Tennessee ... examining narratives, traditions, beliefs and ideas that define us as individuals and as participants in communit...

There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted l...

Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone ... Do...

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, and honest compliment, or the smallest act of ...

Sometimes our hearts get tangled and our souls a little off-kilter ... Sera Christann Whether emotionally, mentally, physically, or ...

"who will take the blame?" she asked. "nobody," he answered, "it is too much to carry. leave it behind and le...

Sara Sant'Ambrogio 2011 Concerts in the Courtyard Nashville Public Library Foundation Sara Sant'Ambrogio is an American cellist...

God doesn't give you the  people you want, He gives you the people you NEED,...   To help you, to  hurt you, to leave you, to love ...

A wind has blown the rain away and blown the sky away and all of the leaves away, and the trees stand. I think, I too, have known the a...

Feminine magic of camouflage shapeshifting and invisibility SYMBOLISM OF FOX by Ted Andrews A few days ago, I was in a friend's...