Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

THE HABIT OF NOT NOT - hearing, seeing, being present, living authentically, risking, being kind, slowing down, releasing dead things. The NOTS of life have an enigmatic way of becoming KNOTS , potentially clogging the flow of life like a blood clot in an artery. STOP! Identify a KNOT that may impede your path to being the healthiest, happiest, and strongest person possible in this season of life. Is the identified KNOT related to a habit of NOT ? Perhaps you were

IN AND OUT If one doesn’t let stuff go or take stuff in – death becomes one’s reality. TRY THIS. Take a deep breath. Hold it for as long as possible. For most that will be around thirty seconds. The exception is someone trained for underwater emergencies. They can hold their breath for up to two minutes. What is inhaled must be exhaled or death is a certainty. If nothing is inhaled there in nothing to exhale, death is a certainty. Breathing, the thing that we do as much

SHOW RESPECT Show TODAY the respect that it deserves. How? By respecting the pace of the day. How? By not rushing forward into...

BELIEVE IT OR NOT If you are able – before reading the words below – do me a favor. Become a tourist in the space where you are at this...

GIFT GIVING My birthday is about a month before Christmas so I don’t get caught in the trap of one gift for both, not that it would...

PLAYMATE I don’t know how or when she became a part of the family next door. What I do know is she visited me one day, sat on the...

MEANWHILE I am a fan of the late-night TV host, Stephen Colbert. I like his monologue, but I love the segment that often follows it,...

Thank you for allowing me to share a snapshot of this journey. I will return to writing about other things next week. I went to bed...

HAPPY MONDAY They have filled our mailbox for the last three months. ‘Tis the season for catalogs. I didn’t complain about the trees that...

NIGHTINGALES, PEACOCKS, AND HUMMINGBIRDS Sometimes when reading, a line will be so intriguing that I stop reading and do research. Such...

IRENE’S LAMPS My maternal grandmother, Irene, died after being bedridden for a long period with lung cancer during my ninth summer. Born...

PRACTICE: Why are you here? Many of us will have trouble answering these questions. Some of us will give one of those pat and pretty...