“When it was dark, you always carried the sun in your hand for me.” ~Sean O’Casey Dear Universe, In just a couple of weeks, it feels as if our entire world has turned upside down. The coronavirus is officially a worldwide pandemic and we are living in times we have never seen before. Every day we are experiencing a new normal—from …
Chances are You’re Ready
“My yesterdays walk with me.” ~William Golding Dear Universe, I know at some point or another we’ve all heard the saying, “the only time to look back is to see how far you’ve come.” (In fact, I know I’ve written about this very thought on here before!) But lately it seems like things from the past are popping up to …
Pause for Your Progress
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” ~Winston S. Churchill Dear Universe, I can’t believe it’s …
Blast Off
“You cannot shift an old tree without it dying.” ~Danish Proverb Dear Universe, I think so many of us are craving a change in our lives. Maybe it’s astrology, numerology or maybe it’s biology, but I see people around me looking for something else. There’s the woman I met who is in her fifties and has decided to go back to …
When Your Past Pops In
“When your past comes knocking, you have a choice. You can welcome it in and see where it leads or you can ignore the call. Trust that if you want it to, eventually it will go back to where it came from—some place far away that you no longer reside in.” Dear Universe, There are so many times in life …
Because I’m Ready Now
“No one can tell us when we’re ready. No one can and no one should. Only you can make that choice because the answer is within you. No one else carries your truth.” Dear Universe, We all know how hard it can be to make a change, but when we finally reach the moment when we are ready, it can …
Willing, Wishing and Waiting
“Stop wishing for others to change into who you think they should be. They aren’t focused on what you think. They are too busy finding their way.” Dear Universe, Even though spring has officially started, here in the Northeast it certainly doesn’t feel that way. We’ve had freezing cold temperatures, windstorms worthy of winter coats, and snow—yes, inches upon inches …
Ride the Waves
“Sometimes you go through things that seem huge at the time, like a mysterious glowing cloud devouring your entire community. While they’re happening, they feel like the only thing that matters and you can hardly imagine that there’s a world out there that might have anything else going on. And then the glow cloud moves on. And you move on. …