Did you know? World Gratitude Day is being celebrated on September 21. I didn’t but, in the spirit of promoting gratitude as a much deeper, much more profound something than […]
How does one grow community gratitude? Community transformation Author and Advocate for Belonging, Peter Block writes: “The small group is the unit of transformation.” Block [...]
The word “condolence” usually pluralized, comes from the Latin word, condolere, meaning “to suffer together”. Synonyms include commiseration, comfort, sympathy. While the meaning of [...]
Have you ever signed up for a course or a conference on a whim? Have you ever spontaneously decided to commit to something that wasn’t in ‘the plan’, but in […]
Poet and wise elder, Mary Oliver offers “Instructions for Living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” I think these instructions remind us to find the things that [...]
The words rattling around in my brain this week are: “Persistence” sitting alphabetically between “Patience” and “Perspective”. Persistence, when it comes to my daily [...]
The word rattling around in my brain this week is “Switchbacks”. When used as a noun, “switchback” refers to a zig-zag trail or road that reduces the grade or steepness [...]
Spring Rites: Write right Question for you – are you interested in using your journal as a way to improve your self-awareness and self-acceptance? Or are you more interested in […]
