Why not participate in the Good Big Thing and then reach out from those places to join with those are living out grace?

Sometimes a tiny shift can solve a big problem...

Beauty is all around me--it hasn't gone away. The trees, the sky, a bird, an odd little insect. How to breathe in beauty & be in the world?

This week I thought I'd share a few resources I've come across for dealing with various aspects of the pandemic. Plus a few laughs.

Quotations, in a sense, are stories in miniature. Here are a few of my current favorites.

So I find myself saying, what do I have to add that could possibly address any aspect of this heartbreak?

Forgiving ourselves, we learn to forgive others. Allowing our own foibles we are, hopefully, more able to accept imperfection in others.

My idea here is simply to share the things I think have helped us still be an "us"after all these years.

Today in my quiet time I found myself wondering about God's heartbeat. Maybe it was my breathing that started this line of thought...

Surrender to the magic of a poem. Be open to the small animals of meaning that wander through. Let the poems in your life run & slide...

Today I want to share two poems that continue to touch me. Perhaps you can rest in the tenderness and freedom they offer?

The good news is that your child is there before you, and your arms are available: Hugging is possible.

When I was twelve years old I met an extraordinary man. He didn't look very extraordinary. Dressed in monks' robes, he had a shy smile...

No single step, no single shift, no single action, no single prayer, no single person will bring about the change we want to see.

Compassion leads to a life of power *with* others. Judgment leads to a hunger for power *over* others.

"You should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up inside of you until it touches everything..."

Courage does not always shout. Hope does not always flare. Sometimes it is a small brown mouse who sneaks out...

We all need support to be brave, less anxious, to lean a little bit more into love. So I continue to share these little pieces of hope...

What happens when someone tells you, "Don't think about that!" "That" being your current big problem or concern. It's like saying...

Here is the list of all the tools in all the toolkits so far. Or consider it an atlas of maps. Take what you like and leave the rest!