Gather 'round…
"That you would gather yourselfAnd decide carefullyHow you now can liveThe life you would loveTo look back onFrom your deathbed." ~ John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us Who would you be, today, if deathbed you could choose? What would you do, today, if waning you made the call?What tiny action, taken today, will... Continue Reading →
“You don’t need to know the future to be hopeful. You just need to embrace the concept of possibility. To accept that the unknowability of the future is the key, and that there are versions of that future that are brighter and fairer than this one. The future is open.” ~ Matt Haig, The Comfort... Continue Reading →
"When you allow yourself to be led into awe and wonder, when you find yourself in an aha! Moment and you savor it consciously (remember that joy and happiness take a minimum of fifteen conscious seconds to imprint on your neurons), then you can have a genuinely new experience; otherwise, you will fit everything back... Continue Reading →
Remember the old RICE method for taking care of soft tissue injuries? Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate? Turns out that passive methodology of healing wasn't helping us to meet our full potential. Decades of research and advancements in the healing fields have brought us a new acronym to take care of ourselves after trauma and injury.... Continue Reading →
"Experience one beautiful thing a day. However small. However trivial. Read a poem. Play a favorite song. Laugh with a friend. Gaze at the sky just before the sun's final tumble toward the night. Watch a classic movie. Eat a slice of lemon drizzle cake. Whatever. Just give yourself one simple reminder that the world... Continue Reading →
Jeff Rennicke, The Conserve Kid’s English teacher back when COVID closed down the school and the world, is in Alaska, as he is wont to be. He wrote this on Wednesday: "It is fitting, I suppose: a thick fog blanketing the Alaskan mountainsides where I have come seeking solace after such a difficult and divisive... Continue Reading →
“Love has bridged the high-rises of despair we were about to fall between. Love has been a penlight in the blackest, bleakest nights. Love has been a wild animal, a poultice, a dinghy, a coat. Love is why we have hope.” ~ Truth brought to you by St. Anne. * Today it’s time to go on... Continue Reading →
"Close your eyes.Gather all the kindlingAbout your heartTo create one spark.That is all you needTo nourish the flameThat will cleanse the darkOf its weight of festered fear." ~ John O'Donohue, To Bless the Space Between Us There is no small amount of festered fear to be had today. It swirls and eddies and can refuse... Continue Reading →
There is always a path through the forestMatt Haig, The Comfort Book "I've spent much of my life thinking about hope. In recent years I've spent a lot of time writing about it. Before then, I clutched onto hope like a security blanket. In my twenties I had a breakdown. A fusion of severe depression... Continue Reading →
51% of America may have actively chosen hate and fear, but Love is still the only answer. My team remains the same. Time to love louder, folks.If you need me, I'll be under a tree breathing,KJ
Tales From the Nexus 