I don't even remember where or when I first heard this quote. I know that I discovered Anais Nin and her Diaries in college and was...

When I stop to practice various forms of prayer with complete surrender and openness, I feel the presence of the Divine speaking to my...

I imagine an intrepid amateur detective sipping tea on her porch and pondering a neighborhood full of seemingly innocent folks hiding...

I started keeping journals in 1988 at the age of 6. I don't think I fully appreciated the potential of keeping a notebook until my early...

I love the peace, the grace, and the compassion of this sentiment. Some days I genuinely wish I could see the world this way, especially...

I was so ecstatic NOT to have ovarian cancer that I completely overlooked the significance of the diagnosis I received in March 2018:...

I love this image in the midst of King's epic Dark Tower series of the vibrant rose, that grows beautifully out of the murk of an...

Some things in life are genuinely awful and difficult. Many more things are simply unpleasant, annoying, or inconvenient. I find that if...

I think an awful lot about the past, good and bad. I see in it the keys to the present and the future. I am fascinated by the way in...

My history with Christianity and the Bible is complicated. I have found both hope and despair in the canonical gospels. In Christian...

I have been an avowed Gwen Stefani fangirl since 1997. The Tragic Kingdom album never gets old even though I must have listened to it on...

Yesterday was the Feast of St. Therese of Lisieux who I feel has been beckoning to me since youth. Her presence and her intercession are...

9/29/23 Does anyone else have this issue or am I the only one? I look at others and see so few flaws, while looking at myself I see the...

I get discouraged sometimes seeing how cruel we can be to one another. We condemn bullying, labeling, and name calling and then cancel or...

I love this image of pursuing the Highest Good and in so doing releasing all the accumulated detritus of life that interferes with my...

I am so quick to offer compassion, forgiveness, and understanding to all sorts of people in all kinds of situations. I struggle to be as...

For me, the only use in comparing myself to others is to examine the feelings of superiority or inferiority that inevitably arise. I try...

It was pointed out to me recently that while I am constantly encouraging other people to accept and celebrate themselves even with their...

Not to diminish or invalidate anyone else's experience, but mine has been that my perception of my circumstances has more bearing on my...

I love the domesticity and quiet wisdom of the scene described here. I love the calm acceptance, the simply profound statement of faith,...