Friendship

Read something once about friendship that I like and try to apply. I’m not always successful, but I try. “True friendship consists in being mutually useful in offering one’s friend good cheer in distress, sympathy in sorrow, advice in trouble, and material help in times of real need. Friendship consists in rejoicing in the good…

Equality & Parity

Much love & respect to all the amazing women in our world. Without you we would all be lost. Today is International Women’s Day with rallies, marches and events scheduled around the world. Your energy, dedication, and strength empower us all!

Remembered

What follows was not written by me, but rather is something remembered that I think all of us can relate to at one time or other in our lives. Truthfully  lost my literary voice sometime ago and struggling to find it again amidst difficult times(sigh).  Knowing that so many deal with hardships greater than my own…

JUST BECAUSE

In Gratitude

Wanted to take this opportunity to say from my heart, thank you for all the kindness & compassion shown by so many of you during a very challenging time for myself & my family. My mother’s condition is finally showing some signs of small improvement. She stood for the first time in over a month…

No posts today, only this…Enjoy a peaceful weekend :)

Hindu Sanskrit Hymn for Peace … Om sarveshaam swastir bhavatu Sarveshaam shantir bhavatu Sarveshaam poornam bhavatu Sarveshaam mangalam bhavatu Sarve bhavantu sukhinah Sarve santu niraamayaah Sarve bhadraani pashyantu Maakaschit duhkha bhaag bhavet Meaning: Auspiciousness (swasti) be unto all; peace (shanti) be unto all; fullness (poornam) be unto all; prosperity (mangalam) be unto all.May all be…

“The deeper the sorrow the greater the joy….”

Depression is a refusal from the soul to move any further until you go deeper – endowing space and giving breath to each unexpressed sorrow…

Disclosure

10, 8, 6 Things very few people know about me…. 1) Was born 2 months premature at 11:36 pm on January 10th 1964, the sole survivor of a twin birth 2) Was afflicted with Grand mal seizures at the age of 6…was healed by a reoccurring dream 3) Ran away from home at the age…

An Indigenous Approach to Healing Trauma

The Indigenous People of Australia have a depth of spirituality that can enrich our Non- Indigenous spirits in so many ways. One of these spiritual gifts is Dadirri. Take a little time to reflectively read the following article and message from a remarkable, spirit -filled Aboriginal Woman from Daly River, Miriam Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann. Having grasped…

Art is Life

We all want to be touched by meaningful words, wonderful music, beautiful art, and with love for humanity. To be moved, drawn, taken to worlds unknown, places unseen. To feel an overwhelming chill from a beautiful musical phrase, to be filled with warmth & joy from the colors of a canvas, to experience the amazing…