To Hold On You Might Have To Let Go

Sometimes holding on means letting go. It seems counterintuitive, doesn’t it? What are you holding on to that no longer serves you or is unhealthy? It’s hard for us to let go but that is often exactly what we must do in order to embrace a promising future.
It means we trust and believe in Life.
Holding [...]

Just Start

Don’t know where to start? Just begin.
Take any step forward that feels right to you & commit to it. Don’t worry about what to do next. Or that you don’t have all the directions needed for 50 steps from now.
Here’s the thing, once you take that FIRST step, the next step appears. Then the next. [...]

Face Your Truth

Sometimes we don’t want to do the work that’s required of us to get through a difficult stage or to reach a new height. Do it anyway. You show up for everyone else’s life, don’t you? So show up for yours — show up for yourself, for your life, for your own salvation & redemption.
Do [...]

Honor the Fear, Sadness, Confusion and Anger

Learn to honor all of your emotions.
Our culture devalues emotions like fear, sadness, confusion, and anger. These emotions are valuable because they are right for you at the moment you are experiencing them. We are often tempted to stuff these emotions down, anesthesize them, dull them and deny them. Why?
The full spectrum of emotions exists [...]

A Mid-Life Transition, a Rabbit, and Some Crows

The other day, as I was cleaning up my workroom, I saw a huge flash of BLACK out of the corner of my eye through the patio doors from the backyard. As I turned to look, I saw a second flash of BLACK. This one was even wider than the first.
The flashes of black were [...]

A Mid-Life Transition and a Rabbit

When I first got married many years ago I lived in a 100-year-old farm house. It was the kind of house that had intense character and charm. By this I mean it had no closets at all, not one, and the basement had a dirt floor. The floors were crooked and none of the doors [...]