Here in New England, March is the month between winter and spring. You never know what you are going to get – sleet one day or a sunny warm day the next. This is just one situation where I have to be patient but there are many others. I imagine it is the same for […]

February is the month we celebrate love. That’s no mistake as it is the coldest time of the year at least in New England Love is probably everyone’s middle name. However it expresses itself in our lives it has companions like anger, loss, disquiet and pain. How could we learn to love in depth without […]

This first month of the new year l am drawn to share little nuggets . . . good quotes to keep in the heart pocket to learn from and to share. Phrases posted on Facebook, January 2024 Here is a wonderful nugget from Pema Chodron. “You are the sky. Everything else – it’s just the […]

In these of times of conflict and suffering experiencing inner peace is more crucial than ever. Add the stress of the holidays, and it is even more precious. It’s the subject for December. It requires embracing being despite our difficulties, perhaps even because of them. It is in our very being that we can find […]

Our lives are made of little things that matter, but do we notice them and appreciate them enough? It’s a good subject for the Thanksgiving month. Phrases posted on Facebook November 2023 It’s early. An elderly man at the bottom of the stairs leading into the local Y grins at me and says a warm […]

Things are constantly ending and beginning. The door to one thing shuts and then another door opens to something not yet.  How familiar then is the saying that when one door closes another opens. The key to the opening of that new door is full acceptance of the shut door and to stop hoping for […]

I’ve always loved the old English meaning of the word suffer. You’ve heard the line from the New Testament, “suffer the little children”. It translates to allow. What a deep mystery, that at its core, suffering is about allowing. Phrases Posted on Facebook, September 2023 Even while suffering we can have a sense that we […]

I believe Joy might be greater than happiness. While happiness usually has particular circumstances i.e. you got the job or love was returned, joy is the soul’s territory. Both are pure grace. Phrases posted on Facebook, August 2023 One response to the difference between happiness and joy pointed out that joy is a constant, but […]

Many sages have taught us that “letting go” is a supreme virtue and helps us grow inner peace. I find, however, that “letting be” is far more challenging and closer to the bone. Both are the fireworks of inner freedom. A happy Fourth of July. Phrases posted on Facebook, July 2023 For me the act […]

Mulling any subject for a time is like having a stone in your shoe. Every step then becomes a reminder that this little biddy stone is, in fact, a corner stone and that it is good to pay attention to the power of little things. Phrases posted on Facebook, June 2023 Some oriental rugs have […]