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This video is so inspiring:

I’m currently reading the book “Life is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally” by Patti Digh and it is loaded with inspirational stories and yummy bits to think about. It is one part short stories and one part journaling prompts. It is the perfect read for me right now. [...]

This past weekend I attended the second ever Barefoot Works book club meeting and we discussed “Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat“. I really enjoyed the book and gained a lot of great information and things to think about but more than anything I enjoyed the two hours [...]

Is there anything more perfect than a small jelly jar with cut flowers from your garden sitting on the kitchen table? I can’t express how much I am enjoying the fruits of my labor from last summer and fall. The flower beds that were new and small last year are tall and grown together this [...]

I spent this last weekend visiting my family. It is always nice to go home for a few days. The pace changes and everything slows down. My mom cooks special foods for me and my lovely sister makes me a surprise vegan birthday cake. I stand next to one sister or the other, doing dishes, [...]

“I rather think I do”.

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity.” – Pema Chodron A few days ago I happened upon the quote above [...]

I have been following Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project blog for about a year now and just recently read the book, “The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun“. I REALLY enjoyed the book. I enjoyed it [...]

1. A thousand lanterns, 2. Tea for two….no…Tangerine for two, 3. Old memories are like old memories, 4. The only one who does know truth.