The Gift of Mediocrity

  We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled fromthe point where they started.                                     – – –  Henry Ward Beecher You’ve lived through a powerful experience and made it...
A Divine Spark

A Divine Spark

If you wait forinspiration to write, you’re a waiter. Not a writer. – – Dan Poynter   Feeling inspired is a high like no other. It’s a divine spark. Your paintbrush skims across the canvas seemingly by itself. You hear the music inside your head before you...
A Beautiful Thing

A Beautiful Thing

A Beautiful Thing A close friend visited me a fewdays ago. She is gorgeous inside and out. She has a genuine interest in learning and growing and she is kind. She recently had her hair cut in a stylish bob. She was wearing a pair of jeans that fit her perfectly and a...
Erasing Your Face

Erasing Your Face

 Erasing Your Face The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.                                                            – – – Frank Lloyd Wright Over the last nine months, I wrote a memoir for Betsy, a wonderful 74-year-old woman who goes...
Incomparable You

Incomparable You

   Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.                                       – – – Oscar Wilde                                                            One of the most destructive things we can do is compare ourselves to other people. I do...
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

Slow Down, You Move Too Fast

I was recently watching an inspiring documentary on Amazon Prime called “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.” I’ve always been a fan of his music. It helps me open my heart. I rested my eyes from time to time during that documentary and listened to the...