“Your friend is late getting to the concert, so you tell them not to worry, you’ll hold a place for them. There’s usually a crowd for brunch at a popular restaurant; you tell the family you’ll go on ahead to hold a spot in line. These things you do automatically out of care: making sure everyone is accommodated not just you. Taking this further, you also hold space for someone when you take time for them without them knowing about it. Perhaps a...

“Wouldn’t it be lovely if relatives – kin – whether yours or theirs added one little letter “d” and were automatically kind? Or your kin having been made kind, through thoughts, words, and action; added the small letter “d” to their kin making them kind, too?  Or better yet, both your and their kin added one little letter “d” and were wonderfully made kind at the same time? This is so doable. Take yourself – kin to many; add a “d” and kind...

“Do not worry about being missed. When you can’t make Tuesday’s meeting or you want to take a break from weekend babysitting, give yourself permission to forego these responsibilities. Though they may be important to the organization in question or to your family, you owe it to yourself to take a time out when the need arises. Anxiety or even guilt may emerge – “I’m letting them down”, but with enough notice given, you will be all right. In...

“Had a notion last night that there’s a need for sunshine these days and in popped a few songs that I thought I’d share with you. Hearing them, singing them, dancing to them, thinking of them increases your frequency, augments that precious vibration and makes you feel up, up, up… here they are in no particular order.    Aquarius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbCH5lnZ6sA Good Morning Sunshine:...

“Not a word that is often used but when it is, the world of make-believe emerges with its magic spells, dragons, unicorns, fairies, mist-hidden castles, hidden treasures, and wise wizards. A hero is situated in the midst of this unreal realm, having to make decisions – always big ones – that inevitably take them on a precarious journey full of unexpected challenges and adventures. Remarkably or naively, they don’t know they’re being tested...