Perhaps you feel uncertain about your Thanksgiving plans this year or have either cancelled or altered them. Most of us will have some plans for Thanksgiving, but it may leave us “out of sorts”. Things are different than previous years, and now more than ever adding serenity to your Thanksgiving can help make a huge difference. Approaching the holiday from…
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Adding Serenity to Your Thanksgiving
Thankfulness Expressed in Adoration
I considered the other day, that Autumn culminates in the celebration we call “Thanksgiving.” As soon as the first leaves begin to reveal their autumn beauty, our minds turn towards thoughts of gratitude. While many of us keep gratitude journals, our focus intensifies as November approaches. Various methods for “counting your blessings” abound on social media and beyond. Offering thanks…
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The Beauty of Letting Go
It seemed both mesmerizing and calming all at once. Each time I started to avert my gaze, another drifted slowly to the ground. One of my favorite autumn past times of watching the leaves fall held me captive. Each year the leaves remind me of the beauty of letting go. Watching them elegantly drift to the ground appears carefree, easy….
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Only One Thing Overcomes Hatred
I see many posts, articles and interviews addressing the issue of hatred in our country right now. The racial divide, political divide and well, you fill in the blank with any one of the many “divides”. Divides created by hatred seem easier than the way of love, compassion and respect. Like it or not, hatred in some form lives inside…
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Walking With a Hurting Friend
Sometimes, walking with a hurting friend demands a bit of a sacrifice. We all seem ready to take that journey in the beginning, but by and by weariness sets in. And worse, our once exuberant compassion grows cold. We can quickly find ourselves looking for an easy exit or longing for “the way it used to be”. Learning to journey…
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Serving Serenity Soul Food
Whether the election outcome brought joy or sadness to you, we can all agree we’re glad it’s over! Perhaps like me, you simply feel numb and cautious about the future from a political standpoint. A huge part of surviving this election ordeal for me, was keeping an eternal perspective. Staying focused on those things that bring life to my soul…
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Taming Election Stress
Did you know “Election Stress” is actually classified as a disorder now? Coined after the 2016 election, four years later 56% of Americans say they experience election related stress. Of course the election is not the only stressor. Many people look to the next elected officials for answers to the current situations. Both before and after the election, taming election…
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Finding Serenity in Gratitude
As we approach November, many people start to consider a time of gratitude. The reason the month of November has a gratitude theme, is due in part to the American celebration of Thanksgiving. My own journey to healing involved learning gratitude, even in the hardest places. Finding serenity in gratitude offers such a life giving experience, we need not confine…
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Removing Judgement to Offer Compassion
As Election Day draws near, conversations become heated. Opinions parceled out like candy, abound whether you want them or not. Social justice issues seem as unresolved as they are unavoidable. It feels uncomfortable to discuss any of these issues due to heightened sensitivities. The need for removing judgement to offer compassion, seems especially needful right now. easier to judge If…
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