Tag: communication

How To Write a Novel

It’s on so many bucket lists that it’s become a cliche’ – still, writing your novel might be closer than you think.  With advanced small publishers like Mills River Press, a professional and competent novel might be closer than you…

The Wise Owl

The Owl has returned, and with it, my knowledge that the world runs through a power greater than mine.  Still, he always finds his way home, the little owl.   It is one of the ways that I know that summer…

More than Enough

More than enough. It’s been the thought on my mind all day, where a deep sense of longing and loss have met with gentle acceptance and a swell of real, tangible hope.   It feels like my eyes have been opened…

Unending

There are three sticks of prayer incense burning to my left; today I’m writing at my dining room table instead of in my office.  Many papers to finish, and the time wastes away. I contemplate silence that doesn’t seem to…

Numb

Today’s healthy thought: letting yourself admit failure is tough, even when it’s in your best interest.  I am mapping out my strategy for this new life of mine, for the inevitable changes that are on the horizon. I am ready…

Peace With This

Can you live like you are dying?  Do you know what it feels like to realize that every day is a gift…and if you’re rushing through it you’re throwing away the most precious gift of all?  Time. I am listening…