Tuesday Truth #73

Tuesday Truth #73

Tuesday Truth. Number 73. Happy Valentine's Day! The timing of wanting to write a Tuesday Truth just happened to coincide with the holiday. And so what better topic than love! The quote I'd originally planned to share was "Love breeds love", but I couldn't find a reputable source linking it to its said author. But, [...]

Tuesday Truth #71

Tuesday Truth #71

Tuesday Truth. Number 71. Resilience. That's what I've recently been learning on this journey of life. According to this article at the American Psychological Association website, Psychologists define resilience as the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress— In other words, how we "bounce back". [...]

Tuesday Truth #70

Tuesday Truth #70

Tuesday Truth. Number 70. Last month, I shared a quote from Rumi in my Tuesday Truth #69. A call to hold space and listen. To move beyond "right" and "wrong". To meet in the field. I shared that I was planning to tend that field. Often these glimmers of wisdom I share are because they [...]

Tuesday Truth #69

Tuesday Truth #69

Tuesday Truth. Number 69. "Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."-Rumi Today's truth is a reminder that beyond all the constructs, we are one. There are so many moments in life that define us individually. Moments that shape the direction of our thoughts, our motives, our actions... [...]

Tuesday Truth #68

Tuesday Truth #68

Tuesday Truth. Number 68. There's just something about Nature, isn't there? Something that makes you breathe a little deeper, feel a little calmer, and find a little more joy in the present moment. When I am breathing in all the beauty that surrounds me, I am reminded that everything in Nature blossoms in its own [...]

Tuesday Truth #67

Tuesday Truth #67

Tuesday Truth. Number 67. Well hello there!! If I haven't already seen you in my first post of 2021, Five Years of Blogging, let me just say... Happy New Year! I considered recycling the Tuesday Truth I shared at the beginning of 2019, Tuesday Truth #16, because I love that one so much. However, there [...]

Tuesday Truth #66

Tuesday Truth #66

Tuesday Truth. Number 66. So much wisdom packed into one sentence. And Rumi says it so beautifully. "If everything around you looks dark, look again, you may be the light." 2020 has been a strange and trying year, to say the least. So I thought for my final Truth for the year, I'd leave you [...]

What I’ve Been Reading Lately: November

What I’ve Been Reading Lately: November

“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”-Jhumpa Lahiri That quote holds so much truth! In a year when travel has been nearly nonexistent, I have traveled around the world, backward and forward through time, visited places conceived only in the realms of deep imagination, and have immersed myself deeply [...]

Tuesday Truth #65

Tuesday Truth #65

Tuesday Truth. Number 65. This past Friday was World Kindness Day. A day to focus on the positive power of kindness. Kindness is defined as the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate. I think every day should be World Kindness Day. Wouldn't it be amazing if we as a collective just decided to be [...]