A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 – August 28. As inspired, please share in the comments below + use #atinybitofquiet on Instagram. There is no panacea, or utopia, there is just love and kindness and trying, amid the chaos,to make things better where we can.And [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 – August 28. I teach people that no matter what the situation is, no matter how chaotic, no matter how much drama is around you, you can heal by your presence if you just stay center.~ Deepak Chopra ~ [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 – August 28. When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you’re waiting for the elevator – instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence.~ Eckhart Tolle [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 – August 28. When you love someone, the best thing you can offer is your presence.How can you love if you are not there?~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~ • What does it mean to be present? How [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 – August 28. Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothingin common with and still be fascinated by their presence.~ David Byrne ~ Perhaps now, more than ever, these are words to [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 – August 28. If you’re not changing, you’re not growing; you’re not being present.Change is essential.~ Maggie Rogers ~ Sometimes change is exciting, welcome, invigorating. Sometimes change is uncomfortable, scary, anxiety-inducing. Sometimes it’s a mix of all of that. [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 - August 28. Your true home is in the here and now.~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~ I know the current now is pretty uncomfortable for many reasons…some that are unsettling and uncertain, some that are deep and raw [...]
A quiet journaling series. Read here to learn more about following along from June 19 - August 28. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. ~ Desmond Tutu ~ * in honor of Juneteenth * in honor of lives lost * in honor of all those treated [...]
Before you read any further, please note that what follows does not minimize or oversimplify the complexity of race relations. What follows is simply a heart story (mine) (I cannot tell yours). I see that people are hurting (hell, dying) and my heart hurts. And not everyone wants to hear about the heart and [...]
What I want to tell you is that some days feel like all the rest. But that’s not always the case. Some days are extra-ordinary, even now (especially now?). What I want to tell you is that I almost cancelled my recent run of Just Five Things. But I didn’t. And I’m glad. The participants were [...]
