The man looks out his back window at his springtime lawn.  It’s looking a little ragged from the harsh winter, but he can see some evidence of green.  He then looks over to his neighbor’s lawn, which appears as a nice plush green carpet.  “Why doesn’t my lawn look like that?”  he wonders. This is […]

Once in a while in life, we take an unplanned fall.  Not like any “fall” is ever planned.  However, some “falls” are much more unexpected than others.  The fall can literally be a fall to the ground where our body is thrust down onto the ground, or the “fall” can be an unexpected change in […]

“I’m afraid.” “It’s okay, I’ll catch you.  I promise.” “Okay you better.  Here I go,”  said the young daughter as she jumped what seemed like for an eternity into the pool where her dad was waiting with open arms to catch her. “See, that wasn’t so bad now was it?” “No, let’s do it again.” […]

The long grasses bend with the wind.  The trees, sway while their leaves rustle making a sound for the quiet wind.  The boy sits under the tree watching the storm approach.  He knows that soon it may be raining with possibly hail.  He thinks to himself that he has some time yet before he needs […]

“It’s cold,”  the boy said as he placed a foot into the water. “Come on in” his friend replied, “it’s not bad once you get used to it.” The boy tensed up and let himself fall into the pool, completely emerging his body.  Soon the two friends were playing together and he completely forgot about […]

The man sat quietly drinking his coffee as he watched the activity on the street from the curb side café.  He liked to sit without thought, just observing the people scurrying around him.  He remembered when he was one of those people hustling to work, with his “worries of the day.”   “Would he get the […]

The man made his way slowly, yet efficiently through the crowd, taking one step at a time, while keeping “2 legs” on the ground.  He was still getting used to the cane he recently acquired.  He supposed it was time for yet another chapter in his life.  This time, the chapter involved a new thing […]

Sometimes in life you have no idea where it is you are going, but you charge forward with confidence knowing that you will be “taken care of.”  People who learn this skill and trust in the universe, and their “inner knowing” are able to “break through” the barriers that keep others from acting. Acting without […]

Does anyone really know you?  Does anyone know how you think, what you are thinking, what motivates you, what makes you happy and what makes you sad?  Does anyone know how you will react to a given situation, piece of artwork, or to a question?  Do you really know yourself? Do you know your passions, […]

When is the last time you sat quietly enough, maybe even in your house, where you could hear the birds singing outside?  Do you take walks in nature and allow the noises of the animals to enter your world?  Often times, we are so caught up in our “reality” that we fail to see and […]