“Turn on the light as you get up. Open your blinds – your curtains – to see what the day looks like. Is there plenty of sunshine yet? Or maybe it’s cloudy and you hope it’ll clear up soon so that you can be in the light. Outside you seek the sunny side of the street where the warmth has already dispelled the morning’s coolness. At the coffee shop, you put your computer on the table where the lighting is good. Turning it on, you see the...

“Remember the game where each participant sitting in a circle would pass on what they heard from the person sitting beside them? The sentence was whispered from one “ear to another” until it made its way to the last person in the circle. Everyone always had a good laugh comparing what was the original sentence to what it had morphed into during its circuitous journey. You may hear accurately or even see clearly, yet the lens of your unique...

“Remember the times when you were trying to find your way? In a new high school that had so many hallways, you didn’t know which one to take? A parking garage with umpteen levels: you were on seven but to get to it took you up and down several times; meeting your friend in front of a coffee shop while visiting them – no cell phone to locate them; the memory of being at a train station wishing you could jump the tracks to get to the right...

“There’s no question you are awesome. Accept it and now take the idea, the thought, the dream that you’ve been thinking about and make it happen. The Awesome Foundation offers $1000 grants to projects submitted from around the world. There’s no catch; no fee; no obligation: simply the need to apply and give voice to the idea that’s been brewing in your head for a while. Where did it come from? Likely planted by the Divine to see if you can...

“How I love your beingness, your presence, your partnership, your friendship, your love… Your encouragement, direction, guidance, counsel, advice, your cheerleading! Your help, but especially your support for those who have been and continue to be named, who need your care in the circumstances they face. I know there is no limitation, no lack, no scarcity, no weakness in this bounteous presence of constant loving kindness and unconditional...

“Do you gulp down your food? Are you standing at the kitchen counter while taking bites of your toast? After all, there’s no time to sit down most mornings. Is the Drive-Thru a familiar, fast, and convenient destination? Is snacking an “always” partner to sticking on the remote? Somehow these “eating” scenarios don’t equate with nourishing and nurturing food.  The latter takes thoughtfulness, time, and care to experience and generate...