Circling or Spiraling

Understanding that we are always moving, the far more interesting exploration is: Are we circling or spiraling? The round movement for each of these paths only seems similar . . . Circling means—as it sounds—following the same path over and over again without actually...

Work at Leisure, Arrest in Labor… and value now!

The summer months, when slowing down and taking it easy are said to prevail, have been anything but, for me in 2015. I am left wondering about trying really hard to relax – working (making effort) at leisure? Or desiring to complete a list of tasks and projects with...

Guns, Love and Sunshine

Recently I received a message from a dear friend, about the shooting in Charlestown, SC. She wrote about and illuminated the racist behavior that both explicitly and unconsciously permeates our modern society. Included were statistics about guns and the violence...

Right-Colored Glasses

“You’re seeing through Rose-Colored Glasses” is a sideways remark meant to wake up a person’s ability to see reality – the truth of a situation – rather than an optimistic spin. Rose-colored glasses may be a distortion; but...

Celebrations and Expectations

The weekend of Mother’s Day was college graduation for my daughter. While her senior project will be completed in the fall to obtain her diploma, she was invited to walk with her class. Empathizing with bittersweet “almost-finishing-but-not-quite”...

I LOVE to Work!

Last night I had dinner with a sorority sister from college. I last saw her three decades ago. Timeless connection is stunning. She looked, walked, talked, and moved the same: gorgeous, bubbly, slender, radiant. In her sharing, one clear sentence after another, she...