11 of 45 Moments of Wonder One of my favorite moments at Christmas comes during the evening Christmas Eve service at our church. The lights are dimmed and a single candle is lit. In the darkness, one tiny flame shines brightly, bringing light and warmth into the darkness of the night. And then, in an... Continue Reading →

10 of 45 Moments of Wonder My son has been working on a project for school. In the project, the students have been asked to consider their goals for 2020. We have been doing a lot of talking about what a goal is, how it is measured and the steps he needs to take to... Continue Reading →

7 of 45 Moments of Wonder Yesterday we talked about ending the striving and just being...and now I want to do the exact opposite and talk about building something? That sounds an awful lot like striving. Well, yes and no. The wonder of being is that we are enough simply by being. My friend Kelly... Continue Reading →

6 of 45 Moments of Wonder I am a striver. Striving is what I do. Doing makes me feel useful in the world. I don't know how many of my sentences begin with "When I...Then I... I am curious about how often our striving leads to dissatisfaction. What if we could just be? Right now.... Continue Reading →

5 of 45 Moments of Wonder My son loves to sail. I don’t know if he loves the calm of it, or the challenge of it, or if he just really likes when he goes fast, but he loves sailing. I once asked him, while driving home from a sailing lesson, how he can make... Continue Reading →

3 of 45 Moments of Wonder Have you ever looked around the world you live in and thought, "Why can't people just be kinder to one another?" I ask myself this all the time. The truth is that people are kind all the time. We just don't always see it. So I think in the... Continue Reading →

Last week I challenged you to consider one word that you would take with you into 2020. My word for 2019 was Fierce and while I am not sure I was always fierce in my actions and words, I believe I approached my life with a certain fierceness. For 2020 I made a list of... Continue Reading →

No, I have not entered a time portal taking be back to my teens. But we are all saying goodbye to our teens, our twenty-teens if you will. It has been an interesting decade for many of us. I am not sure yet if history will look on it favourably, but I think I will... Continue Reading →

Last year around this time, I shared my intention to live fiercely by declaring “Fierce” my word of 2019. For my #oneword2019 challenge, I am choosing the word fierce. This very intentional word reminds me to show up, to live fiercely, to love fiercely, to give my all to the people I cherish, and most... Continue Reading →

So...you know how I just finished writing for 45 days about courage and about taking small steps of courage? Well, I decided to take the step of editing and reformatting and rewriting some of the entries to make it more appropriate for a book. And I spoke with some publishers. And they told me it... Continue Reading →

No matter what you are celebrating right now - Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Yule or just celebrating some time with your family - light is so important. We light candles and trees and our homes to try to break through the darkness that comes in winter. So today, as my family prepares to celebrate Christmas and... Continue Reading →