Your Soul Café: Conversations that Open Hearts and Inspire Actions “What is it you want, Mary? What do you want? You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down. Hey. That’s a pretty good idea. I’ll give you the moon, Mary.” – George Bailey, It’s a …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
How Words Magically Write You Through Pain
Spinning Your Gold Blog: Words that Open Hearts and Inspire Actions Away we go! Like Scheherazade, the storyteller and character in the Arabic tale of One Thousand and One Nights, I love reading and researching. She immersed herself in studying and collecting the stories—said to number 1,000—about the myths and legends of Persian Kings. At …
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Abuse, Betrayal and Mean Girls at 65
Spinning Your Gold Blog: Words That Open Hearts and Inspire Actions At 65, I thought I would never have to deal with abuse, betrayal, and mean girls again. Not so. Abuse lives on to touch you at any age. If you allow. And I did.Others can collude in a “verbal cancer” that spreads as predominate as breast cancer. …
Great-Grandmother Shows Up!
Spinning Your Gold Blog: Words that Open Hearts and Inspire Actions You are the fairy tale told by your ancestors. -Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut I woke this morning knowing it was my favorite grandmother’s birthday, Ella Esplin Lelash. Born in Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, she blessed me and our world from 1904 …
Where were you on 9-11?
Spinning Your Gold Blog: Words that Open Hearts and Inspire Actions On 9-11-18, what appears to be the One World Trade Center, pokes into the sunrise. The plane’s engine takes up the foreground. Where were you the morning of 9-11? Me? The coastal city of La Ceiba, Honduras. Seventeen years ago I was teaching an 8th-grade science …
9 Ways to Sing September’s Songs
Spinning Your Gold Blog: Words that Open Hearts and Inspire Actions September’s song is a two-part harmony, as summer’s lighthearted serenade ends and a deeper melody begins. ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach The art of celebrating September enjoys ancient roots. Summer ended and farmers gratefully gained extra time in the fields to work by the light of …