#145: "I have done some things, thought many thoughts..."
I've noticed in my son a strong development of conscience over the last two years. I recognize in him many feelings of anguish that I...
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- Aug 23, 2022
#132: "Oh no, you didn't finish your work..."
It's easy to feel impatient, to fee like I am stagnant or moving backwards, when I recognize that the world doesn't change fast enough to...
- Aug 9, 2022
#130: "Love is the magician..."
Love does not change who we are, but rather it reveals how we can relate to another without pretense.
- Jul 20, 2022
#128: Fear not the wind...
Flying a kite is an exercise in life: a balance in command and release, to give into the direction of the wind, to maintain enough...
- Mar 15, 2022
#110: "You are capable of more love..."
Our collective, human capacity for love is infinite. Not love in the sense that we approve of or gladden in all the things around us, but...
- Feb 22, 2022
#108: Good Enough
Inspired by Baba Ram Dass... Sometimes we think we aren't good enough, and then we try to tell ourselves that yes, we are good enough....
- Feb 14, 2022
#107: Creating Love
If you have ever found yourself wondering about love on Valentine's Day, this one is for you.
- Nov 10, 2021
#095: "Let me fall, if I must fall..."
I'm taking part again in Dani DiPirro's 30-day gratitude challenge. Today's prompt is Change. Ever since reading this quote by Baal Tem...
- Aug 24, 2021
#078: "Daughter. Spend your life Loving..."
To me, Dr. Jaiya John's poetic proclamation "Daughter Drink This Water" read as an invitation to a celebration of womanhood, an embracing...
- Jun 25, 2021
#066: Self Acceptance
As many of you know, I've been working on developing story ideas for an Oxherd Boy picture book. One of my first ideas was one on self...
- May 4, 2021
#064: "I have many flaws," admitted the Ox.
I've received a few messages asking to share more on certain themes that appear on this page. I'm always happy to chat individually, but...
- Apr 12, 2021
#062: "What are you thinking of?" asked the Egret.
You are beautiful... not just certain parts of you, the good parts, the parts you're proud of; but also the parts you seek to improve,...
- Feb 1, 2021
#041: "A flower does not compare itself..."
"A flower does not compare itself to the one beside it, it simply blooms." - Sensei Ogui
- Dec 27, 2020
#034: "The world is so messy, I feel like I don't belong..."
I came across these quotes by Bob Dylan and Baba Ram Dass perhaps years apart, but some reflections on the human condition sound so...
- Nov 9, 2020
#010: "I have a song in my heart..."
Today's prompt is MUSIC. It bears reminding that each of us has a song in our hearts. It doesn’t have to be a happy song or any kind of...
- Nov 1, 2020
#002: "There is nothing in nature that blooms..."
Today's prompt is SEASONS, which brought to mind this quote, author unknown, about a season for all things in our lives, especially when...
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