To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius. —RALPH WALDO EMERSON
St. Francis of Assisi explains the creative process this way: the woman who works with her hands only is a laborer; the woman who works with her hands and her head is a craftswoman; the woman who work...
Longfellow believed that situations that call forth our coping abilities are celestial benedictions in dark disguises, sent not to try our souls, but to enlarge them.
Lift up your worries and ask for grace to get through the rest of the day.
Ithaka As you set out in search of Ithaka Pray that your journey be long, full of adventures, full of awakenings. Do not fear the monsters of old… You will not meet them in your travels if your though...
February arrives cold, wet and gray, her gifts disguised for only the most discerning spirits to see. Gentle is our path. Gratitude is the thread we weave into the fabric of our daily lives this month...
Cultivate happiness. Hone your sense of humor; it’s the most irresistible asset any of us can possess.
Autumn to winter, winter to spring, Spring into summer, summer into fall— So rolls the changing year, and so we change; Motion so swift, we know not that we move. —DINAH MULOCK CRAIK Since ancient tim...
To live well is to work well.
Simple abundance, 1: an inner journey; 2: a spiritual and practical course in creative living; 3: a tapestry of contentment
You will express yourself in your house whether you want to or not, said the mother of modern style, Elsie de Wolfe,
You only live once—but if you work it right, once is enough. —JOE E. LEWIS
With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, William Wordsworth wrote, we see into the life of
When we feel at ease with ourselves, we feel at ease in the world.
When this happens we need to remember to treat ourselves kindly. This is the time to trust, not make judgments. Soon the children will go back to school. The company will leave. The work will get comp...
We can stop waiting for life to become perfect and start working with what we’ve got to make it as satisfying as we can. We can accept, bless, give thanks, and get going. Today, we can begin to call f...
Turn away from the world this year and begin to listen. Listen to the whispers of your heart. Look within. Your silent companion has lit lanterns of love to illuminate the path to Wholeness. At long l...
Trust that through the balm of simplicity your frazzled and weary soul can discover the place where you ought to be. Every day offers us simple gifts when we are willing to search our hearts for the p...
To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse—that’s quite a task. —ETTY HILLESUM
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. —SAMUEL JOHNSON