Monthly Archives: April 2013

Life is like a recipe: choose the proper ingredients in appropriate amounts; add them together with intention and care; bake well.  What comes out is an expression of the baker, is beautiful to behold and delicious to eat!  The ingredients … Continue reading →

Everyday brings some form of transition.  They may be quite small or they may be extreme; usually they are somewhere on the spectrum in between.  Regardless, change and transition are unsettling.  We best navigate them when we are calm and … Continue reading →

Speak out today, in a clear and resounding voice!  Share your authentic prophetic message with the world.  Let it speak of joy and compassion; of love and engagement; let it speak of all the promise found in living with clear … Continue reading →

May our legs this day be swift; may our muscles burn strong and our lungs be clear.  May we approach our lives this day as the Olympic runner would: conditioned, focused, and present.  May we have the grace of a dancer, the … Continue reading →

If I were a frog, I would pray for flies. If I were a tree, I would pray for a swing. If I were a tool, I would pray for a project. If I were a grassy field, I would … Continue reading →

There’s magic to do!  Our very waking is a miracle.  Moving through our day is a remarkable trick!  This type of magic is not about deception, though: the magic of our living experience is the awareness of the mystery that … Continue reading →

Today is the day to speak from our hearts, to share our stories, to unload our burdens.  In conversation we begin to recognize the universal human frailties and fears.  We grow in understanding that we are not alone or unique … Continue reading →

A thankful prayer for friends and mentors, in gratitude for their presence in our lives.  While we may daily move through a world full of people, the journey would be very lonely indeed without the immediacy and intimacy of those … Continue reading →

Today, may we be our own best friend.  We intentionally strive to be thoughtful and supporting to others, while not extending the same courtesy to ourselves.  Yet often we are our own harshest critic.  We bully ourselves, put ourselves down and … Continue reading →

May we, this day, speak with authentic voice.  May our words be simple, and our message clear.  Language should not be cheap, yet we have have so debased it.  From our advertising to our political rhetoric, we bandy words like chattel. … Continue reading →