Posts Categorized: self-awareness

How Do You Cross a Stream?

While hiking on a trail in Hawaii a few years ago, my daughter and I came to a stream that we had to cross. It was about eight inches deep and dotted with rocks, some round, some pointed, many submerged. It was precarious to cross the stream. There was no clear route. When my daughter… Read more »

Embracing Uncertainty

My daughter and I needed a break from tedious trips to Staples and Best Buy.  We drove to Mt.Shasta, just over the border into California, for a hike on a mountain trail.   Alone on the trail, we decided to take off our shoes and gather some earth energy through our feet.   Barefoot and… Read more »

Facing a Bully

This morning I received a nasty comment regarding my blogs.  It was a personal affront from someone who might have been an acquaintance.  It stated that only someone who has the finances could have an such an adventure and have the luxury of talking about it.  This person was angry and offended.   This person… Read more »

Reinventing Me?

Miss Ivy Rose

When asked why I am here, I first answered that I wanted to reinvent myself. But, that is not true. I want to reinvent my experiences, not me.  I am not here to become someone else or to find myself. I am not lost. I am here to enjoy the adventure of learning and exploring… Read more »

A Day in Earth School

I am learning so many things.  I know how to pronounce the name of my street: Acequia Madre (ah-sayk-ee-yuh mod-ray).  I know that the streets of Santa Fe are not a grid because they started out as horse trails.  Santa Fe has 300 sunny days per year.  Native American reservations are often called “pueblos” now…. Read more »

Not Just Another Whole Foods

On my first day in Santa Fe, I went to Whole Foods. I was taking it all in…noticing how the sign was so small that I drove past it, how the architecture blended in with the mountains, how people moved slower and seemed to be aware and considerate of each other. I walked past the… Read more »

Opportunities

The Chinese word for crisis is made up of two characters: danger and opportunity. I find that in every challenging experience there is an opportunity to grow and to learn. If I can get over the fact that I didn’t ask for the pain or difficulty, I often see a new path that is illuminated… Read more »

Being Authentically Me

For the past few weeks, I have been sorting through photographs of our family to preserve and transfer onto DVDs. Today I looked at pictures from 1997…a very difficult of several years for my family and me. I wanted to write a blog today about something else, but being committed to being honest and authentic,… Read more »

Money and Truth

Can we talk about money for a moment? Money, like everything else, has no intrinsic value. It is not good or bad. It is the medium of exchange for goods and services and for sharing in charitable ways. But, in addition to its pure financial value, money can have a meaning that we assign to… Read more »

Fall Awakening

It is a gray and rainy day. I light the first fire of the season in my fireplace. Cloaked in a rain parka, I walk to my mailbox. I continue walking. The leaves are magnificent, fiery red and yellow, damp and glistening. I walk to the dock (a perk of living on Long Island) and… Read more »