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As I examined my overflowing bookshelf a thought of dread washed over me. “ Will I ever get through all these books?”
One book in particular constantly caught my eye. The Encyclopedia of Me, a guided journal I purchased after reading the popular ‘Encyclopedia of an ordinary life’, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. This blank journal taunted me with another reminder of my faltering...

Shivering, I hustled to the main entrance eagerly tapping the buzzer. The door, armed with a shrieking alarm, keeps me from entering and I wait anxiously. A prickle of apprehension ushers in the reminder of where I am and the shadow of her decline.
Finally inside, my hands glide hastily through the pages of the sign out binder and I scribble our names.
Ambling down the short corridor I am awash...

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.  Hebrews 12:11 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 17
Before the New Year I was in search of new beginnings, tired of days, weeks even months going by and my days full without any progress towards my goals. By deciding to step into 2018 with...

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"And suddenly you just know its time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings." 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 14
I am on a quest of new beginnings, to uncover possibility, engage in promise, and explore God and my relationship with Him. This awareness caused a shift, lifting the veil of hooded doubt, revealing how I need Him, and how He welcomes me at this point in my journey.
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"Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached."~ Swami Vivekananda 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 13
Every morning I wake early and follow a routine of rituals created by me, for me, no exceptions, and, no excuses…
And today marks my 100-day streak of meditation. Which also coincides with the meditation app Calm’s “International calm day.” Where today the app is unlocked and free.
The...

Mindfulness: a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique. 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 12
Making positive decisions that affect my well being became my mindfulness mantra for 2018. Ready to step into the New Year with specific goals for my body,...

"The goal of meditation isn't to control your thoughts, it's to stop letting them control you." 
Creating the time and space for meditation has proved positive with an 82-day streak. A practice I follow with my Calm app. Each morning I embrace the quiet habit I have formed, setting my intention for the day ahead. Those ten minutes provide the space I need to begin my day in a peaceful state.
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For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.              ~Hebrews 12:11
52 weeks of gratitude: Week 10
It is hard to believe we are already ten weeks into 2018, another reminder of how quickly time flies. In the ten weeks of 2018 as well as December of 2017, I have fulfilled...

"Nothing changes if nothing changes." 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 9
Over the past couple of years, the word mindfulness kept showing up in my life until I finally decided to pay attention. This curiosity of presence uncovered the stillness I was searching for by creating a necessary habit in my mornings.
Through the years, I have attempted several types of meditation with books, websites and,...

 
52 Weeks of gratitude: Week 8
It was difficult to wrap my head around the anniversary of his death. Twenty-five years pass like a haze compared to the 5 we shared with him, and yet the calendar pages easily identify times chasm. Even today, after all these years, grief arrives in swells. Time has done its best to soften the edges like a smooth stone, washed repeatedly with the echo of what...