Musings

…that to find beauty in everyone you must see beauty in everyone, then announce that you see it for, in announcing it, you place it there in their reality. –Neale Donald Walsch “Empathy is really the opposite of spiritual meanness. It’s the capacity to understand that every war is both won and lost. And thatContinue reading “Musings”

Fear and Decisions

“Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know.” –Pema Chodron “Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Fear is a liar. It whispers in our ear thatContinue reading “Fear and Decisions”

History Repeats Itself Until…

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face…we must do that which we think we cannot.” –Eleanor Roosevelt “Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure…than to rank with those poor spirits whoContinue reading “History Repeats Itself Until…”

What’s Important in Life?

“Don’t get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.” –Mark Hyman “Simplicity is the glory of expression.” –Walt Whitman “I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. ‘Less is more’ remains my mantra.” –Stephane Rolland When I was growingContinue reading “What’s Important in Life?”

Discipline to Success

“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” –Jim Rohn “No matter how old you are now, you are never too young or too old for success or going after what you want.” –Pablo Last Friday I got to go hear J. A. Jance speak about her writing process. She comes to Southern Arizona, periodically,Continue reading “Discipline to Success”