May the Best of Your Todays be the Worst of Your Tomorrows
“May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz About two weeks ago, I started attending Tai Ji classes. Tai ji is very complex. It has many, many steps that could take almost an hour...
May You Have Auspiciousness and Causes of Success
6 years ago today, I started a month-long challenge that I like to call A Month of Mays. It was inspired by Jason Mraz’s song, Have It All. The first year, I just took snippets from the song lyrics, and created artworks to go along with them. But the next...
Let Your Pets Teach You What Oneness Means
For the second post of this We Are Earthlings series, my original plan was to write an overview of what Oneness is and why it’s important to view the world from that perspective. Unfortunately, though, my pet rabbit, Smores passed away suddenly on January 3rd, and I want to...
We Are Earthlings: New Year, New Focus
A Happy New Year! How have you been? How was 2023 for you? I have phases to my creativity, so I’ve been concentrating on doing my 333 Flower of Life Mandalas since last June. It’s been a while since I’ve written in this blog, but I’m back because at the...
A Month of Mays: May We Accept Our Imperfections
Being a mom has been the most challenging, yet the most rewarding role I have ever taken on. Traditionally, the society sees the mother as the one raising her children. But as a mom, I’ve learned that it’s the total opposite. The children come into this world to raise...
A Month of Mays: May Anger Guide Us To Serenity
You might have noticed from my previous posts that there’s one emotion that I rely on as a tool to help me identify areas where there’s still room for personal growth: My anger. Anger is not subtle. When it strikes, I can’t pretend like I didn’t notice. So, when...
A Month of Mays : May We Accept Our Dark Sides
Several years ago, touched off by the song, Have It All by Jason Mraz, I started doing a series of instagram posts called A Month of Mays. In the beginning, I strictly followed the lyrics of the song. The year after that, they were mostly positive affirmations that I...
Before You Give Up on Meditation
Meditation. It’s a word that has become quite mainstream in the last decade or so. Even my kids do breathing exercises in gym class now. But in a world where multi-tasking is a virtue and entertainment fits inside your pocket, meditation takes some time getting used to. I know...
What is Love? Pondering the Age-Old Question
I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day yesterday! To me, Valentine’s Day is no longer about just romantic love. It’s a day to spread love wherever you go and to all the people that matter to you, including yourself. It’s something that I was reminded of when I...
8 Ways to Mindfully Grow Beyond a Writer’s Block
It’s been a while since I wrote a new post. Simply put, I was experiencing a writer’s block. I started to write several times, but the words just didn’t feel right. I could only write a few sentences at a time, and when I did, it felt like something...