If someone asked you to describe yourself, how would you respond? Would you list the roles you carry out: mother/father, son/daughter, employee/employer, caregiver, volunteer? Would you list characteristics you see in yourself or have been told you exhibit: smart, funny, sassy, quiet, outspoken, spontaneous? The first list involves nouns, the second involves adjectives. …
It’s been an ugly week. I have been living in that tension of wanting to know what is going on in the world but also hating what is going on in the world. It’s made me crave beauty. I think that there are times of stress when senses are heightened, and I think…
Everywhere you look, there are people wanting to be better. Churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples are filled with people who want to be better spiritually. Human nature and daily living on this planet carries so much strife and chaos. Having a place to go to get perspective on the bigger picture and be…
It’s a phrase you hear often in news stories: an outpouring of support. In the last several weeks alone, this has been used to describe situations like a community’s response to someone who has been robbed, fundraising for medical bills for a car crash victim, and most recently the resources provided to storm victims.…
If you had to describe a typical good day, what would be involved? Not one of those once-in-a-lifetime good days, but the run-of-the-mill ones. A perfect day off or weekend that rests your mind and body and restores your spirit. For some, it is about getting out in nature. Being away from compressed,…
I am in a funk right now. There is no reason for it. I am not going through any significant life events or trauma. I’m just down. I wish I could pinpoint why. Is it because I made a list of things I planned to accomplish today and didn’t do most of them?…
Think about your relationships and how they began. Romantic relationships may have had a formal beginning, like a first date, but many relationships began in ordinary moments. I think about the friends I have at work. Those bonds were formed through these daily shared experiences with the routine ups and downs that happen.…