Category: Reflections

Something about entering a new year brings people the hope of renewal. I think most of us see the new year as a time to reset. We have the opportunity to be and do...

In the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. He felt Thanksgiving Day could help heal wounds incurred by the Civil War. Although Thanksgiving Day became a national...

Webster defines regret as “sorrow aroused by circumstances beyond one’s control or power to repair”. I found Webster’s definition limiting. Regret can result from circumstances we cannot control. But I find myself carrying regret...

Do you tend to look at life from a glass half full or a glass half empty perspective? What about people, how do you tend to view them? From what lens do you view...

As I sit here at a friend’s beach house, I look at the waves rolling on to shore. Quiet surrounds me as everyone sleeps. I think of stillness, which has been lacking from my...

As I sit typing, I contemplate aging and our bodies. Why? Because I sit wearing two different braces to support my shoulders and back in order that I sit properly. My whole life I...

Do you ever think about the wind? For me, wind happens. I did not think much about it. Last month a winter storm brought with it relentless wind. The wind knocked down large trees...

Some mornings, I wake up and vividly remember a dream, or fragments of it. Sometimes, the dream does not want to leave my mind. To release the dream, and even learn something from it,...

Thanksgiving has come and gone. My birthday falls around Thanksgiving, sometimes landing on that day. Growing up, my family celebrated my (and my brother’s) birthday on Thanksgiving. I always liked that holiday, probably because...

Listening to a radio program, the DJ mentioned the word “glimmers”. Unlike triggers that make you agitated, glimmers fill you with joy. I started wondering, do I intentionally look for glimmers? Do I take...