Wonderful you

When we first got Luke, we were warned that German Shepherds were territorial around their homes, the cars that they routinely rode in, and their food. Luke never lived up (or should I say down) to any of those labels. Labels are dangerous things. They don't have to be at all true for our subconscious…

the power of belief

At some point in my life, I started to believe that I wasn't any good with plants. I don't remember how it began, but it ended up with me not having any house plants at all. If offered one, I'd politely refuse it saying that the cats ate them. If I received one as a…

Internal compass

I visited my mother yesterday who has been ill for a couple of weeks. When I first saw her, I felt alarmed. She  looked scared; her skin was grey and she had  huge dark circles under her eyes. She hadn't wanted me to visit but when I insisted, I think that she was relieved. Toward…

Claim your dreams, believe in the impossible

A number of years ago, someone close to me had been looking for a house to buy. It was pretty urgent that he find one quickly, but nothing that he looked at felt right. One day, he was driving around, and there in front of him was the home that he had been looking for.…

A wake up call

Jack and I went to a party last night (which was a couple of hours away), and didn't start for home until 10 pm, which is about 2 hrs past my bedtime! As we drove along, a natural silence fell over us, which wasn't what we wanted or needed at that moment, so we played a little…

Heading in the right direction

A week ago, I noticed a red spot on Noah's head. The day before Thanksgiving, it had turned into a large, uncomfortable-looking open sore. I had no idea what it was and suddenly I was having visions of creepy diseases, painful and expensive visits to the vet, oral and topical antibiotics, all of the other…

Plowed in (and out!)….by our own thoughts

For years my mother complained that the town trucks always plowed her in after every snow fall. One year they pushed so much snow onto her lawn that it broke part of the fence. She said that after every storm, when she heard the town trucks coming, she ran to the window to see how…

A mind opened?

I had a pretty irritable day last week. I could just feel that I was off. Every little thing seemed to bother me and while usually a good run, meditation, or nap will turn me around, nothing did. I also had an important meeting to attend, and couldn't reschedule, so I grabbed a bunch of…

The friendly universe

I started going to the Manchester Thrift store 10 years ago. Oddly enough, I was somewhat intimidated by the volunteers...most were older women who lived in Manchester (a wealthy town) and wanted something to do with their free time. One woman in particular, Barbara, made me quite uncomfortable. I would try to be friendly with…

Ideas that expand us

Last year, I was telling a friend that I met my father every Sunday morning for breakfast and she said, "Oh, I wish that I had a relationship like that with my dad." I just smiled but also thought, "You probably really don't!" It took a lot of determination for me to see that relationship differently…