04/26/2018

"Your art journal is your heartbeat. It's a safe space to work out life's questions and associated emotions and helps you to be more fully present and mindful of the things in your life."  -Meg Neufeld and Mary Ann Burrows / Delta Optimist I know that art journaling is not just creation and entering a space of creativity and open-heartedness, it is a way to cope, to find peace, to express even the inexpressible.  It can turn your life from overcoming and thriving, but to thrive.  It is a way

04/25/2018

"Mind monkey or monkey mind, from Chinese xinyuan and Sino-Japanese shin'en 心猿 [lit. "heart-/mind-monkey"], is a Buddhist term meaning "unsettled; restless; capricious; whimsical; fanciful; inconstant; confused; indecisive; uncontrollable". If you are like me, and those like me, we are aware that our minds are jump roping, playing hopscotch, and doing a relay race where you are handing off the baton, all at once.  It is like having an extra granddaughter who does not breathe between sentences

04/24/2018

“Mercy is the stuff you give to people that don't deserve it.” ― Joyce Meyer "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." Matthew 5:7 We do not often talk about Mercy: Kindness and Forgiveness, yes.  But Mercy, what is it and how is it different than Forgiveness?  I think it is a great deal about tolerance, but that is just way of understanding this.  I, also, think the definitions and connotations are personal and unique to each of us.  Mercy is not about allowing someone to