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Butterfly

The Story of the Butterfly A man found a cocoon of a butterfly. One day a small opening appeared. He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it…

Happiness

Once a group of 500 people were attending a seminar. Suddenly the speaker stopped and decided to do a group activity. He started giving each person a balloon. Each person…

Mindful About Littering

We’ve all become more mindful about littering, recycle, put your trash in the bins, keep California beautiful, trash pick ups on the beach and in town. But what about energetic…

Shikoba Nabajyotisaikia

In this African tribe, when someone does something harmful, they take the person to the center of the village where the whole tribe comes and surrounds them. For two days,…

Mother’s

This is the month that we honor our mothers! All mothers, grandmothers, mentors that acted as mothers, Mother Earth, Mother God. I am so grateful for Mother Earth, for her…

Bluebonnet

Such an exciting time of year! Many of you may not know I grew up in west Texas and it is bluebonnet season there now. So I wanted to share…

We will Light Our Way with Our Lanterns On!

Kindness Project

I sent this idea out to clients and friends a couple months ago, and I wanted to share it with you. For the next day, week, month, year (whatever timeline…

Astronomer or Astronaut?

Wow, this year is really flying by isn’t it! The first days of spring are already upon us and I’ve already begun my spring planting and blowing that tough winter…

Prayer

Recently, I held a tea with the “theme/intention” of prayer. I read passages from Anne Lammott’s book and spoke of my own experiences about prayers. While we sipped the bug…

Every Step

So as I thought and thought about what do I want to share with all of these special people this month: Should I write about meditation or getting out of…

Choice