Wisdom

Happy Year of the Monkey

This year is going to be full of opportunities, synchronicities, possibilities, and dreams realized for everyone who welcomes creative change. Monkey years are times of new beginnings which happen quickly. Chances appear out of nowhere, fall into our lap, and kick us into high gear.… Details

Graceful Endings

Two things have stuck in my mind in a good way. They really help me to figure out what to do next or where I’m going wrong.  One is “Follow through.” Whether it’s a golf swing, bowling toss, tennis volley, or stroke in swimming, you only get the full benefit if you follow through.… Details

Just Because You Can

…doesn’t mean the universe is telling you something.  It doesn’t mean you’re receiving a sign pointing you towards a profession or even as a way to make money.  Just because you’re good at something doesn’t mean you have to do it for yourself or anyone else. … Details

Waiting for Lightning

There will be times when you have to look directly at what you have avoided for so long. The reality that the thing you most fear is the only way out. That the only path is to dare the lightning. We can feel it every time we approach.… Details

Doing The Same Things Again

“No matter what I do, this always happens to me.  I just don’t get it!”  When someone says this to me I know it’s the cue to look at the pattern.  Yes, I commiserate because I’m human and I have/do/am experiencing the same type of stuckness and frustration. … Details

My Turn

Taking turns is something we learn at a very early age. If there is only one of something or only room for one person to be doing a thing at a time, then we have to take turns. That means we have to both wait for it to be our turn and relinquish things when our turn is done.… Details

Questioning Your Body

We rarely ask our body anything.  Well, we ask if it’s hungry periodically if we’re not sure.  We sometimes ask it what it wants to eat. We ask it to do things…well really we require it to do things and sometimes it balks or simply can’t. … Details

Body Talk

People joke about having too many voices in their head. The critical voice that sounds like an authority figure trying to control us. The devil on our shoulder trying to get us to go enjoy something or try something or express something.… Details

Clean It Up

Creating things is messy.  Transforming one thing into something else means that there are bits left over here and bits over there.  At the end what we are left with is the completed goal of the creation and the remains. Which means that before we can start on something new we need to clean things up.… Details