Tag: gift

  • No regrets

    “Today I understand something I didn’t see before.  Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.” – from The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho (an encore classic) In the quoted passage, an old man becomes painfully aware of a timeless principle – that when you ignore your blessings there is a negative outcome.  If you substitute the word…

  • Living With Love

    “The heart cannot contain both fear and love at the same time. When our hearts contain fear, we cannot love. Fear is worrying that we won’t get what we need. Love is about sharing with the other person. When we are walking with love in our heart, living with love, then we are in an…

  • Perception and Getting To Know Myself

    I am presently a bit obsessed with getting to know myself better. An exercise I recommend practicing regularly, since we are constantly experiencing, growing and evolving. Learning about and deepening awareness and understanding of self is imperative to growth and realizing potential. Most pressing of recent personal findings is a need to fix and heal…

  • Burn The Candles

    Some gifts you receive and set aside, no matter how special or how mundane they are, because they are gifts that feel “right” to save for the “right” moment. I’m not talking about the annually gifted ugly sweater you have to wear when your great-aunt comes over because she made it. You know these types…