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“When you live in the moment, it’s easier to wait. When you trust and have faith, you just know that whatever it is will come when it will come.” ~Kate McGahan Dear Universe, I think a lot about how so many of us have trouble living in the moment. We want to know everything and we want to know it now. …
“Making an effort to be mindful and present is not always enough. Action over effort triumphs each time.” Dear Universe, Last weekend David and I headed to New York City for a quick getaway. While we were there, we would see family and go to the Big East Championship game—which has now become a bit of a tradition. When we …
“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 …
“love is a place & through this place of love move (with brightness of peace) all places yes is a world & in this world of yes live (skillfully curled) all worlds” ~E.E Cummings Dear Universe, There are times in our lives when we let our fears get the best of us, despite how brave we can be. We imagine …
“Take time to notice the things others are overlooking.” Dear Universe, I consider myself blessed because I notice signs fairly frequently. I say this with no mathematical evidence to back this up or a graph tracking my days, but I say it because often I’ll be with people and I’m the only one noticing, pointing, explaining and taking the …
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.” ~Echart Tolle Dear Universe, It’s starting to warm-up and feel like summer. I couldn’t be more excited. Seemingly overnight, the trees have bloomed, the flowers have blossomed and summer is in the air. Finally. You see, I was beginning to think …
“The love we give away is the only love we keep.” ~Elbert Hubbard Dear Universe, It’s Valentine’s Day, which means love is in the air even more today. Whether you are spoken for or single, who doesn’t love to receive a little something for St. Valentine’s? It can be a box of chocolates, flowers or a card, but letting someone …
“The cake had a trick candle that wouldn’t go out, so I didn’t get my wish. Which was just that it would always be like this…” ~Janet Fitch Dear Universe, Today is my birthday. Before the day gets started, I just wanted to say thank you for the gift of another year. My life is full of things I am …