“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. 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 [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 64. Sometimes it's hard. So hard. Life, I mean. It can be hard to keep your heart soft, to keep your temper in check, to always have a gentle touch. I am highly sensitive to the emotions in a space... in a room... in the world... and there are moments when I [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 63. One of the definitions of mosaic as defined at dictionary.com comes in its use as an adjective. Composed of a combination of diverse elements. I think that humanity as a collective and as an individual fits into that definition of a mosaic. In thinking of this definition from an individual standpoint, [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 62. Hey all!! I hope that everyone is doing well. As I shared in my recent "What I've Been Reading Lately" post, I've been working through The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. I started week 4 on August 4th. Imagine my surprise when she brings up reading deprivation. She shares that for [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 61. It's been a while! I hope that you all are doing well. Life just keeps chugging along. We are in the middle of a heatwave here in Roanoke, Virginia. It makes me wonder how I spent so much of my life as a Floridian. Over the 4th of July, the hubby [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 60. We can all change the world. It doesn't have to be done in leaps and bounds. Small steps taken regularly lead to great change. As Anne Frank says, we don't need to wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. So go out there (socially distanced, of course) and [...]
Choices. We all have them. Don't we? Some big. Some small. And all those in-between. I could have come here today and shared my monthly reads from May. That was my planned topic of conversation for the first week of June. And yet, it feels wrong to not acknowledge the atrocity of a stolen life. [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 59. Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity. Would you agree? I have heard it said time and time again that one of the commonalities found in all humans is that they have a desire to be seen and heard. A validation that they exist. That they matter. They want [...]
Tuesday Truth. Number 58. Last week I shared 22 Quotes on Hope to help you through stressful times. I thought that I'd continue with that theme for this week's Tuesday Truth with a little bit of wisdom courtesy of Star Wars. This is a worldwide journey through the night. We are all experiencing an existence [...]
