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May 29

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Reconsider

“Art feeds my soul. Great books battleproof my hope. Rich conversations magnify my creativity. Wonderful music uplifts my heart. Beautiful sights fortify my spirit.”― Robin Sharma

“Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”― Robin Sharma

Reconsider.
Think again.
Overthink less.
Look twice times two.
Observe.
Be present.
To now, not someday or what was.
Shift.
Allow.
Move through.
Pass by.
Pause.
Shift energy, attention, effort.
To the good.
Circumstances may not change but choices expand.
Create. Build. Remodel. Your thoughts.
Discover joy, delight, beauty, a symphony, depth, richness, imperfection, laughter, gratitude right in the midst of everything else.
To anchor and set free.
Choose your thoughts well.
Reconsider.

“Every second you spend thinking about what you don’t want in your life is a second denying focus and energy from getting what you do want. Every minute you worry about what’s not working is a minute drawn away from creating what will work. And every hour spent reflecting on the disappointments of the past is an hour stolen from seeing the possibilities that your future holds.”― Robin Sharma

Jun 25

Saturday Night Swing

“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.”― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”― Victor Hugo

A beautiful summer night enjoying a swing band outside overlooking Como Lake.
Dancing, joy in the air and people having fun.
Music, dancing, poetry.
Food for the body, mind, spirit, soul.
A shift in mood.
A lightening of burdens.
A delight and lift.
Turn up the music.
Dance like no one is watching.

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”― Aldous Huxley, Music at Night and Other Essays

Mar 27

Planting Trees You’ll Never See

“Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.” – Diane Ackerman

“First day of spring
The whole world’s wakin’ up and turnin’ green
And everything connects to everything

It’s a beautiful design
It just takes love and faith and grace, a little time

We’re all sons and daughters, just ripples on the water
Trying to make it matter until our time to leave
One day, they’ll carve your name in stone
And send your soul on home

‘Til then it’s prayin’ for rain and pullin’ up the weeds
Plantin’ trees we’ll never see”
– Lyrics to Amy Grant’s newly released song Planting Trees We’ll Never See

A drive, music turned up high.
Windows open to let spring air in, stale air out.
New music and familiar too.
A fresh playlist to enter a new season.
Winding roads to take.
Twists and turns.
Trees lining the path.
Small and big.
Scatter seeds. Pull weeds.
Planting trees you’ll never see.
Leave a legacy of love wherever you go.