It is impossible to forget May Day here, because as soon as I step out in the streets, Paris will be literally flooded with perfumed Lily of the Valley flowers. Even before today, the grocery stores have been selling Lilies of the Valley and I have seen people buy loads of them to give as …
May Day In Paris, Muguet Flowers And A Bit Of Happiness Read More »
The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere will soon be here! After a few days of sunshine, the sky clouded over again with that unique Parisian steely grayness, that the impressionists painted so well, and my heart is filled with much gratitude for my blessings. The winter solstice is the day before our sun starts …
The Winter Solstice and Christmas. My Christian Perspective Read More »
Look toward the Light when the shadows of life pull you down. Offer gratitude for your blessings and the breath of life. Bathe others in kindness and love and seek joy wherever you may find it. I am grateful I finally made it to Cauterets, a picturesque jewel of a ski village graced with …
Sun, Snow and Healing Waters High in the Pyrenees at Cauterets Read More »
This is a healing message for Valentine’s Day for you who have been hurt, abandoned, rejected or disappointed in a love relationship. If you are one of the lucky few who hasn’t, then send it to someone who has. Valentine’s Day for the wounded can leave you feeling totally left out, depressed, jealous, resentful, miserable, …
Message For The Broken Hearted On Valentine’s Day Read More »
If you are reading this, then you already have a lot to be grateful for every day, not just on Thanksgiving! First of all, you have survived almost two dreadful fear filled and gut-wrenching years living with Covid, even though it’s not over with! I write this knowing that some of you have lost loved …
How Everyday Gratitude Can Change Your Focus and Boost Your Mood Read More »
Walking the labyrinth at Chartres Cathedral is a really wonderful mystical experience for those open to connecting to their soul path. I made it my sole purpose of going there to walk and spend the night to take in their famous light festival. I wanted to share my rather strange, unsettling and spiritual experience. …
The fact that Notre Dame is still standing is said to have been a miracle. The mere reality that you and I are still here having survived so far the 8th deadliest global pandemic is also a miracle! Sunday, I spent a good part of my afternoon doing what I love to do on a …
Notre Dame, A Symbol of Our Own Resiliency, Renewal and Resurrection Read More »
Sometimes love is not meant to bloom. It is a hard cruel fact of human life for some of us. If you know of someone having recently experienced a broken relationship or unrequited love, let them know you care and send them this post. Nothing like Valentine’s Day to rip up a wounded heart in …
Year 2020 has been a source of severe stress, uncertainty, sadness, and grief for those we lost. Yet, being grateful for what you Do have is a very powerful source of peace and wellbeing? It is so powerful that not only can it can boost your mood up a few notches, but even help …
All of us at some time in our life are going to get betrayed, or extremely hurt and even abused. Life by its very nature is what it is and as long as we have relationships with other human beings, we are open to having our trust snatched from us, even when we least expect …
I have a habitual habit of forgetting my umbrella. I guess I have a hard time remembering it could rain. It happened again the other day while out on my authorized one hour walk! No problem, I thought. Instead, I decided to enjoy the raindrops, which felt suddenly new again. Perhaps it is my optimism …
You are not going to find any formal DSM diagnosis of Covid Confinement Blues and Anxiety, at least not yet. But the symptoms are as rampant as the virus! I haven’t been spared from these sinking blue feelings either. Sometimes I feel like a bobbling cork adrift in unknown waters. Perhaps you too. What we …