“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙨: … 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙩” 𝙀𝙘𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙨 3: 1-2 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 Spring has finally arrived helping lift our spirits with tulips, daffodils and crocus perennials popping up all around us. And …
“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨, 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙪𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣. 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨. 𝙎𝙚𝙚, 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙪𝙩.” 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 3: 7-8 As we begin the new year, I’ve been thinking a lot about the imagery that we often associate with …
“𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙮, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙡𝙙. 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝙒𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩? 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢? 𝙇𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙮 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙣𝙖 𝙀𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨, “𝘿𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙢”? A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend an enlightening …
“𝙔𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙩𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙢𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙮. 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙂𝙤𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩.” 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙩 The Bike as a Metaphor for What Happens in Life and Work Biking has been a source of joy for me ever since I purchased my Cannondale R1000Si road bike in July 2002. …
“Blessed are they who mourn for they will be comforted” Matthew 5:4 Super grateful to David Kessler, FACHE, the world’s most renowned grief expert, for having completed his Grief Educator Certification Program and bringing his comprehensive and unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help us better navigate the many challenges associated with grief. …
The Search for Meaning in Your Grief “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not “get over” the loss of a loved one, you will learn to live with it, you will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will …
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”. From the Serenity Prayer, Reinhold Niebuhr (1932) My Journey with Sobriety Now 32 Years in the Making The above quotation taken from the Serenity Prayer has been a …
“The degree to which a person can grow is in direct proportion to the amount of truth they can accept about themselves without running away.” Leland Val Van De Wall When I read this quote the other day I literally stopped what I was doing as it really hit home for me in a deeply …
John Kinsella: “It’s so beautiful here.” Ray Kinsella: “Well for me it’s like a dream come true.” John Kinsella: “Can I ask you something? Is thisheaven?” Ray Kinsella: “It’s Iowa!” John Kinsella: “Iowa?” Ray Kinsella: “Yeah!” John Kinsella: “I could have sworn it was heaven.” Ray Kinsella: “Is there a heaven?” John Kinsella: “Oh yeah! It’s the place dreams cometrue.” Ray Kinsella: …
“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage The Call of the Camino Today I leave for what I hope will be …
