Stories carry the seeds of our humanness. They help us, teach us, heal us, and connect us to what matters. I’ve been reading a book by poet and philosopher Mark Nepo called The Book of Awakening. In the book, he writes daily affirmations that I truly find awakening. More often than not, they trigger thoughts about concepts that I […]
If we were to drive from one of end of the state of Florida, say the northwestern Pensacola panhandle; to the other end, say, beautiful southeastern Key West, we would travel over 792 miles of road. And that would be the shortest distance. Not restricted by toll-booths, or distracted by tourist traps and traffic jams, birds intuitively know where the direct […]
We all have those mundane, boring or overwhelming tasks we just don’t want to do. You know! The less-interesting, less-fun to-do’s necessary for keeping daily life running smoothly. As a rule, many of us put them off until the very final hour, when the thought of the task somehow becomes worse than the task itself. Maybe, it’s folding laundry. […]