“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.” ~ Joyce Meyer Remember to breathe! How many times have you heard that advice? How often do you take it? Breath is one of those things that’s easy to not think about. Right up there with gravity [...]
“ Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.” ~ Raquel Cepeda How often do you stop to think about the people who are your supporters in one way or another? If you’re contributing creatively to society somehow, then you probably have a constellation of folks who either support or encourage or [...]
“ The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” ~ Albert Einstein There’s nothing like the turning of the calendar page to the New Year to make you wonder about the nature of time. Last week I spared you the bother of another year-end recap, so this week I [...]
“ Let us develop a kind of dangerous unselfishness ” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. What do you know, just like that, it’s the last Monday Love newsletter of the year! (special holiday edition, a day late just like the post office or the garbage truck.) I’m sure you are being inundated with [...]
“ This is the solstice, the still point of the sun, its cusp and midnight, the year's threshold and unlocking, where the past lets go of and becomes the future; the place of caught breath.” ~ Margaret Atwood Here we go again! It’s the countdown to the shortest day of the year up [...]
“ Love ceases to be a puzzle the moment you find the missing piece.” ~ Olaotan Fawehinmi How do you find the perfect gift? What’s the secret to truly delivering a knockout present? Why are some people more difficult to give to than others? Well, this is the time of the year when [...]
“ You're in pretty good shape for the shape you're in. ” ~ Dr. Seuss What is something that really helps you appreciate your good health and vitality? Something that makes you realize how important it is to take care of yourself? A reminder not to take your well-being for granted? This sort [...]
“ Often, the story of an artifact’s journey is more remarkable than the object itself. ” ~ Mackenzie Finklea Today I want you to help me answer a question. I’m trying to figure out what other artifacts common to us in the modern world bring on as strong of feelings of connection as books or records. [...]
“ Fall seven times...and stand up eight.” ~ Japanese proverb Do you ever feel you missed the boat? Like you had a big dream at one point, but since you never got going on it, it's too late so why bother now? But what does “too late” mean, and when is it anyway? [...]
“ If not us, then who? If not now, then when? ” ~ John Lewis Anyone else feeling relieved? Like there was a big storm on the horizon but then it fizzled out? I’m guessing you know what it's like to have a vague sense of dread. It’s no fun to live under constant predictions of [...]
