“It flows fluidly without constraint: like a clear stream of water from a mountain top. Though there are rocks, the water curves itself naturally around any of the hard obstacles as if they were not there. No stopping, jarring, interrupting, just a steady flow of ease – sometimes so quiet, tranquil and calm that it is barely noticeable. But its absence is duly noted for from the vacuum created, a stress emerges that ease does not know. They are...

“With the overlapping of circumstances, situations, occasions, prospects, possibilities, opportunities, any kind of schedule seems to have fallen by the wayside. What is planned is in mind but when the heart, serendipity, spontaneity, and synchronicity step into your picture; frame, grid, connecting points, convergence melt away and profound presence assumes their place. Never forceful or pressing or pleading but emerging in a state of...

“You can appreciate when someone like Jesus, or Buddha, Mohammed, St. Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene or even YOU need to withdraw from the world. Whether it is the desert, the cave, the mountain top, under the Bodhi tree or spa, find the down time when your threshold has been reached. You’re so tired, drained, frustrated, angry, teary – all signs to withdraw to regroup, refresh, re-energize, reboot, RELAX before venturing...

“Friends visiting this weekend. Son leaving for college next weekend. Sister’s friend had a baby. Grandpa was buried a week ago. The sapling is growing nicely this summer. The grand oak – so beloved – was struck by lightning and had to be cut down. First camp for the six-year-old nephew; it will be the last canoe trip for Uncle Bob. The graduation ceremony was beautiful; Aunt Mary took her last rites in hospital as she wanted. You remember the...

Finalist in Children’s Inspirational/Motivational Category in the 2012 U.S. National Indie Book Excellence Awards. No one can believe that Catalina would keep an old, dirty carpet she got from her very old grandmother. Charlie Zee would rather be anything else than black and white. And Alex has the biggest surprise of all when he opens his mouth to breathe fire… These are three stories about a camel, a zebra and a dragon who are all a little...