Higher Power

“He who is in harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.”~Confucius (paraphrase, Doctrine of the Mean)~ Some things you can’t force. You can study a river for years and still not understand it the way you do standing at its edge for five quiet minutes. Harmony isn’t something…

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”~Josh Billings~ They came to us in a box nobody else wanted. Best decision we never had to think twice about. Dogs don’t know distraction. No scrolling, no half-attention — just you, completely, every single time. Luke went first. Leia…

“Worrying does not empty tomorrow of its troubles; it empties today of its strengths.”~Corrie ten Boom~ Worry feels productive. It doesn’t look like it’s doing nothing — it’s planning, preparing, bracing. But all it’s actually doing is draining the tank you need for right now. Tomorrow’s going to show up whether you worried about it…

“Opportunity doesn’t always arrive looking inspiring. Sometimes it arrives disguised as the thing you would have avoided if you had been given the choice.”~Slim Sammy~ Nobody signs up for the hard version. You want the opportunity that shows up looking like a gift — easy, obvious, exciting. Instead it shows up looking like a delay,…

“A tree grows tall because it has strong and solid roots.”~ Chinese Proverb ~ Everything’s pulling at you today — the notifications, the noise, six directions at once wanting an answer right now. Before anything can grow up, it has to grow down first. Nobody sees the roots. They just see the tree standing tall,…