Inspirational
Fall 2017
FALL When Autumn Comes When autumn comes to drop its leaves Unreconciled, the branches grieve. To enter winter’s long goodbye. Awaiting spring, again to sigh. -From a poem by Robert Johnson The seasons are a dazzling display of life’s ongoing and never ending transformations. From the cold dormancy and quiet white of winter, to the…
Read MoreThe Grandparent Book
This past week would have been my mother’s 95th birthday. She passed away 16 years ago now and I can’t tell you how many times my sister and I talk about something we wish we could ask her… some recipe where we can’t read her handwriting, or some clarification on what happened to a family…
Read MoreMEDITATION (Part Two)
And, now that we have helped you to identify the many benefits of meditation, we can talk more about how to meditate. First and foremost, let’s consider the fact that here is yet another way that you can improve your health and the quality of your life all on your own…without the need of a…
Read MoreMEDITATION (Part One)
Everyone knows something about meditation. A few of us are daily practitioners and love it. Those folks can’t understand why we aren’t all meditating. Some of us have tried meditation and been unsuccessful, at least in our own mind. Some of us believe meditation to be something that only those crazy really “out there” people…
Read MoreMindfulness
…because it’s really all there is. Living in the moment…sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? And yet, if you have really tried to do it for any length of time, you quickly discover it doesn’t take very long for your mind to begin to wander. You’ll find your thoughts drifting into the past or sailing off…
Read MoreAll You Need Is Love
Da da da da da…As sung by the Beatles, all those years ago! Valentine’s Day once again brings to mind the importance of Love in our lives. There is no other day of the year that emphasizes Love in quite the same way, so we wanted to take a few minutes to give Love its…
Read MoreLove deeply and never grow old
“Those who love deeply never grow old; They may die of old age but they die young” Benjamin Franklin
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