The noise of the world is temporary. The silence within you is always available. You can return to it whenever you choose. I choose to sit in stillness every day. In a world that rarely stops talking, striving, and doing, choosing silence can feel almost radical. At first, it may even feel uncomfortable. Go outside for five minutes today and sit in stillness. Let the birds become your teachers, the breeze your companion, and your own breath your guide. Notice what there is

Begin again...green rising from the soil. Spring time is my favorite season of the year where everything comes back to life. Love is made visible. Everywhere I look outside my home...it is training my nervous system to be at peace. Love, gentleness, grounding, perspective and returning to spring green in my heart. After a long, cold winter's rest, the yard's buried treasures begin again to wake up, without fail. I love to watch them slowly and gracefully emerge from the e

Inhale. Exhale. Pause. Every morning I wake up early. I come downstairs and look out my large windows that open to the eastern sky and I greet the quiet darkness before dawn breaks. I begin to prepare a pot of coffee with freshly roasted coffee beans. As the coffee brews, I feed Rosie, fill her water dish and we step outside. I love the quiet. The morning does not need to be conquered. It only asks to meet it with your presence. I stand on the earth and look up at the s

Be here now. Three very small, but immensely powerful words to live by...if you so choose. Yes, you are the creator of your life and...