Navigating the Perception of Intuition

January 14, 2022.Reading time 7 minutes.

Is it really intuition, or is it paranoia? We’ve all had those days where things just aren’t lining up at all. You might even believe that someone is out to get you, to sabotage your life in some ridiculous way. Maybe it’s a coworker. Maybe it’s your mom. Your best friend, your boss. You might […]

When Your Old Life Returns a New Life Begins

November 18, 2021.Reading time 11 minutes.

Dreams of old herald changes on the horizon The smell of fall after a cool morning rain is an unmatched scent. It’s this time, this season, which holds the scent of life changing. Leaves morph in color and texture, changing from brilliant green to red, yellow, amber, crimson and brown. They curl and flap, clacking […]

It’s Time to Beware of Cultural Tribalism

November 16, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

Where your allegiance is, your behavior will follow As I stand in my yard in the morning, my bare feet pressing against the leaf riddled ground of mid-November, I’m entranced by the warm-cool wind as it glides over my face. It’s scent offering a petrichor of a time long passed. It is within these small […]

Try Living a Life Without Adversity… I’ll Wait

November 12, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

True growth is found along the rocky path. If someone asked you to paint a picture of your life, how would your composition look? Would it be full of color, of life, sound, with beautifully accented margins? Or would it be dull, gray, scrawled with deep strokes of coarse charcoal? The truth is, most of […]

Falling Along the Pathway to Home

November 4, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

Where is home? For some of us, for we who’ve moved about all our lives, this isn’t the easiest question to answer. For others, you don’t even have to think on it too long. Home is where you grew up, it’s where your parents raised you. Maybe it’s a family home. Perhaps it’s a place, […]

Are You Obeying Your Personal Truth?

May 3, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

“The world is full of confusion and contradiction. We cannot expect to do anything that is absolutely right. We can only measure rightness by the truth within ourselves. And our own truth will never be quite the same as somebody else’s.” ~ Jay Woodman, SPAN When we are young, we are taking in so much […]

As Motion Returns

April 27, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

“It’s a thing to see when a boy comes home.”― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath It’s always strange returning after so long. Here this blog is in its 9th year, and yet I still keep returning. As my original intention still remains true, this blog has been used for the sole purpose of sharing my deeper […]

Compliments of Balance

July 16, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche Consider your favorite song. What is it that you like about it? Is it the melody? Maybe it’s the baseline, or the chorus. Perhaps it’s the simplicity of simple chords and vocals. No matter what it is, your favorite music […]

The Lake House

July 8, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

“The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.” ― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark You have a special place in your mind. We all do. Deep within the wellspring of mind, under the faint footprint of consciousness exists a space where thought is formed. […]

Let the Games Begin

July 6, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

“Time is a game played beautifully by children.” ― Heraclitus, Fragments There’s a game we all play when we’re young. This game has different rules. It has different players and equally different playing fields. It changes as you age. Sometimes it changes by the day. It can even change by the minute. The game is formed much in […]