Tidied all my papers. Tore up and ruthlessly destroyed much. This is always a great satisfaction. —KATHERINE MANSFIELD This
Potlucks are a marvelous simple pleasure worthy of revival.
Hospitality is one form of worship. —THE TALMUD Like
Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. —ANAÏS NIN
Take comfort in what Faith Baldwin tells us: Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.
Intuit higher meanings in these mysterious happenings.
Whether you realize it or not, you have lived many lives, and each one has left an indelible mark on your soul.
When we truly care for ourselves, it becomes possible to care far more profoundly about other people. The more alert and sensitive we are to our own needs, the more loving and generous we can be towar...
What will you do? Celebrate yourself, find pastimes that make your heart light and your spirit sing.
Today, be willing to believe that a companion Spirit is leading you every step of the way, and knows the next step.
To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization. —HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
The gifts of the Magi. Unconditional Love. Selflessness. Trust. Faith. Forgiveness. Wholeness. Second Chances. Comfort. Joy. Peace. Reassurance. Rejoicing. Generosity. Compassion. Charity. Wonder. Acc...
Summer’s lease hath all too short a date. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Aficionados
So it is with the concerto of our lives. Individual notes must be learned and played and practiced before we achieve harmony. And above all, we must learn how to pause.
Sidetracked women, who scatter their energies to the four winds, never achieve serenity. (Nervous breakdowns, to be sure, but not serenity.) It’s as simple as that.
Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plentitude of the soul. —GASTON BACHELARD
Our souls can never outgrow the yearning for luminous and liminal moments of Wholeness.
Our aspirations are our possibilities. —
One of the reasons women often don’t feel successful is we never give ourselves credit.
One can never change the past, only the hold it has on you, Merle Shain reassures us, and while nothing in your life is reversible, you can reverse it nevertheless.