The Other Path

Life is made of countless choices. Day after day. Peace is all too often lost when we fail to live and passively accept routine and ordinary. This morning I awoke with a winter wonderland outside my window. Snow clung to the branches of the trees. Covered my blooming...

Choosing Peace

Although it’s important to choose to see what we could do rather than what is, it is vital that we balance that with an acceptance of what is. Hmm, sound strange? Let me try to explain. A few days ago I badly bruised my right hand. For days I have not only been...

Dare To Be Different

From the moment I stepped outside today I knew the weather was not typical for January. Temperatures rose quickly. Warm breezes softly blew.  The green tips of my new flowers pushed their heads out of  the hard, cold soil. It became so warm outside I opened my windows...

A Christmas Purpose

Christmas is quickly approaching and amidst all the swirl of activities, I wonder how you are these days. Are you staying grounded in your convictions, unflinching in your resolve to live within your limits, and determined to experience a meaningful Christmas?  ...

Christmas Waiting

  No matter how you look at it Christmas involves waiting. Children impatiently ask, “How many more days?’ Weary parents wait in long lines. Desperate people wait for their next pay check in order to buy the little they can to make Christmas for their family. We...