The Butterfly by Nikos Kazantzakis I remember one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the back of a tree just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited awhile, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it and breathed [...]
“Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life.” ~Rachel Carson I spent a lot of my time as a child mesmerized by the ways of water. Wandering a little way from our house in New Hampshire, I would find myself immersed in another world. The [...]
Love really isn’t all that difficult. This is a post that most of you won’t read to the end because it’s not what you want to hear. Not the part about hearing why love isn’t difficult, but the reason why you think it is. My thought was to create this for a Valentine Day post. [...]
Buried deep are lost, maybe forgotten treasures. I’ve been spending time redesigning the Whole Living Today blog making easier to navigate. In doing so, posts from the early days have been unearthed. Here are a few of the more popular older posts: The Seesaw An Island of Feelings Signposts Along the Path of Spiritual Growth [...]
Chances are if you are reading my blog posts, there is a thread of commonality between us. Some of what I write about resonates with you. We connect on some level. There are so many ways to express thoughts or ideas. Isn’t that why we devour reading material? And then, after coming across the same [...]
It’s All About Perspective This morning, like any other morning, I pulled my oracle card for the day. A message or theme for my day. Death. I have no fear associated with the Death card; it symbolizes transformation, letting go of the outworn and newness. Every moment we are dying and being reborn. The cells [...]
Just as dandelion seeds blow in the wind hoping to land on a fertile place to grow, so is the aspiration of the writer with his words. I enjoy this time of year, it’s quiet and reflective, perfect for reading. And a great time to initiate positive changes for the new year. Following are free [...]
It does work. Wow, since the beginning of the new year, media sources are having a field day with promoting fear and crushing our positive and optimistic outlook. Don’t get trapped and feed into it! Actually, that’s what media always does. How rarely do we hear uplifting news? Yes, there have been numerous instances to [...]
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