“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ~W.B. Yeats Dear Universe, Nothing says fall and Halloween in New England quite like Salem, MA. Typically, once a year I take my annual mini-road trip with my mother and our good friend to this famous town. It didn’t disappoint. It never does. The afternoon …
Free-Flowing
“If you just go with the flow, no matter what weird things happen along the way, you always end up exactly where you belong.” ~ Tom Upton Dear Universe, It seems lately you’ve been delivering a message to me over and over again. It seems you want me to work on something, something that is not always easy for me …
Lifelong Learning
“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” ~Elbert Hubbard Dear Universe, As children in school we were taught that making mistakes was all part of the learning process. We knew it was okay to get it wrong because the next time we’d hopefully get it right. And before any big …
Autumn Air
“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.” ~Jim Bishop Dear Universe, Today is the first day of fall. Though I love summer, and all that those months entail, I have to admit, I like fall too. There’s something about the crisp, cool air and the autumn colors that energize me. There’s also apple picking, apple …
Attention on Intention
intention: aim or objective: something that somebody plans to do; quality of purposefulness: the quality or state of having a purpose in mind Dear Universe, Lately, I have been thinking more and more about intention. It started with a conversation I had with someone a couple of months ago. We were talking about relationships and she made the comment that, “as long …
1,825 Days
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” ~Muhammed Ali Dear Universe, I received my first diary when I was about eight or nine-years-old. It was pink and had a miniscule heart lock attached. I kept the key hidden and sitting to write was a secretive process. I’d sneak away to my bedroom, shut the door, pick a colored pen, …
Making Memories… Makes Us
“Memory is a part of the present. It builds us up inside; it knits our bones to our muscles and keeps our hearts pumping. It is memory that reminds our bodies to work, and memory that reminds our spirits to work to: it keeps us who we are.” ~Gregory Maguire Dear Universe, I feel so blessed that I have a …
Word Choice: Meaningful Mantras
mantra: (n): a sacred utterance believed to possess mystical or spiritual power, may be spoken aloud or uttered in thought Dear Universe, We’ve all heard it or said it multiple times in our lives: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all.” We all know how powerful words can be. They can be damaging and …