Gifts to Grow On

I feel sometimes like I have been given a ten-speed again. Opportunities come my way that are justout my my comfort zone, that I need to really stretch to meet. My emotions go all over the place-- gratitude, fear, excitement, anxiety, overwhelm, and then the guilt of feeling negative feelings at all, when clearly opportunities are GOOD!

Blog, Every-Day MindfulnessweflourishandbloomAugust 25, 2016anxiety, calm, daily, every day, every day mindfulness, flourish, Flourish & Bloom, joy, mindful, mindfulness, opportunity, self confidence, uncertainty, vulnerability, wholeheartedComment

My Highest Ambition is to Be What I Already Am

Indeed, why not honor our own feelings? Why does it ever occur to us to doubt ourselves and question ourselves as much as we do?

Of Swallows and Attachment

To see my joy swinging in midair and to simply watch it, to note it and appreciate it, perhaps even appreciate it more for the knowledge that it cannot be held down.

Blog, Every-Day Mindfulness, NatureweflourishandbloomJuly 11, 2015attachment, clinging, craving, every day, every day mindfulness, joy, mindful, mindful walking, mindfulness, nature, photography, swallows Comment

Taking it Easy

Have you had the thought that you're not doing it right? That if you were lost in thought, it doesn't count?

MeditationweflourishandbloomMarch 16, 2015gentleness, joy, meditation, mindful, mindfulnessComment