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“It is in the unraveling of this world that we are reminded where our true gift is found.” 
Week 3:  Lessons From Loss
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: The Art Of Memoir
A Story I came across recently that I wrote years ago...
WORDS: TINA ZARLENGA
Eyes barely open I touch the switch for coffee and listen to the machine slowly come to life, imitating...

 
Let the grief and the heartache swallow you whole, because if you try to outrun it, it will find you. There is a life waiting for you on the other side.... I promise 
Week 4: Promises
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: Atomic Habits
Grief is a funny thing, sneaking up on you when you least expect it. A sudden memory can take you back a lifetime, to a time when...

"Success is the product of daily habits — not once-in-a-lifetime transformations." - James Clear  
Week 3:  The Power of Habits
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: The Art Of Memoir 
January brought the return of new goals, and the reminder of how powerful habits can be. With this new beginning, I revisited one of the best books on habits and goals...

Morning comes whether you set an alarm or not... 
Week 2: One Day at A Time
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: Atomic Habits
Oh, how frustratingly slowly time dragged when you were a child. The anticipation of everything feels like torture. Now, the day slips through my fingers and before I know it, I am ready for bed. I knew I wanted more from life than the...

Nothing changes if nothing changes 
Week 1: Lessons in Change
2026 Word: Bloom
Winter: Root & Rest
Goal: 12,000 Steps
Book: Atomic Habits
Life is constantly changing, even when we don’t see it, our bodies are changing, our environment, even what we think of the world we are living in is changing. Some moments can create monumental change, while others accumulate in fragments. Even when...

 
"Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future"
We are linked in our humanity the way the earth holds a tree, so that tree can hold a nest, so that nest can hold a bird, so that bird can drop a seed that will in time give birth to the next tree.
Week 17: Lessening FearThe Book of the soul - 52 paths to living what matters by Mark Nepo I am not sure exactly when fear came into...

  
When we are fully present in our lives, we have, as Mark Nepo says, the ability to feel everything until the truth rises out of us.” The awareness of what it is to be alive.
We are linked in our humanity the way the earth holds a tree, so that tree can hold a nest, so that nest can hold a bird, so that bird can drop a seed that will in time give birth to the next tree.
Week 16: Staying PossibleThe...

We are linked in our humanity the way the earth holds a tree, so that tree can hold a nest, so that nest can hold a bird, so that bird can drop a seed that will in time give birth to the next tree.
Week 15: The Slowing Of The LandThe Book of the soul - 52 paths to living what matters by Mark NepoWhen you think about the time it takes to grow things, you recognize the time and patience that goes...

There is the fire of life and the fire of the world. The fire of the world can burn us up. This is the fire of circumstance. We need to know which fire to feed and which to douse. ~Mark Nepo
We are linked in our humanity the way the earth holds a tree, so that tree can hold a nest, so that nest can hold a bird, so that bird can drop a seed that will in time give birth to the next tree.
Week 14: The...

While much is important, very little is urgent. Understanding this is the threshold to peace. ~Mark Nepo
We are linked in our humanity the way the earth holds a tree, so that tree can hold a nest, so that nest can hold a bird, so that bird can drop a seed that will in time give birth to the next tree.
Week 13: Our Walk In The WorldThe Book of the soul - 52 paths to living what matters by Mark...