My life feels very interesting right now!! Some personal story telling. In the Fall of 2004, as I was finishing up graduate school, I was in communication with a non-profit that worked with teenagers in foster care. This program was located in North Carolina and they were expanding to include a camp for youth and […]
Category Archives: Life
This Little Seed of Mine, I’m Gonna Let it Shine
Tick tock, fingers locked.What to write?How to talk? a rhythm, a voice, a harmonizing forcefluency, disruption and curiosity, of course! Ever since some point in my young life, I’ve identified with trees. Mom, dad, do you know when that started? They are my teachers when I need wisdom, friends when I long to experience belonging, […]
Good Being is Contagious
“Good being is contagious.” ~ Brandon Leonard, Youth Mentor I met Brandon at workshop during a mentoring conference. His bright spirit andcompassionate perspective was the highlight of the workshop. This comment rocked my world! Photo by carf from a powerful story that is part of their Children At Risk Foundation. This organization is an incredible […]
Your Story Grows My Story
There are times when someone shares a story with me and it pops me open, spurting me out of the narrowness of my lived world and bursting me into an ah-ha that there are ways to experience the world that I’ve never imagined. I expect these experiences when I travel to new places or immerse […]
Blessing Others: A Practice for Opening the Heart
by Janice Lynne Lundy “Blessings” is the sign-off I use in my e-mail correspondence. It was a conscious choice to do so. I was at a stage in my life when “Sincerely” was just too cold; “Love” a bit too warm for a general farewell, especially to business associates. I had to find the one […]
Celebrating Mr. Clean, Celebrating Life’s Force
In case you’ve been following the story of my dad’s health, here’s the exciting update. He was photographed on Tuesday (cat scan). Technology peered into his body to articulate the progress of his recovery. The image that came back invites deep celebration as he is clean with no signs of cancer in the picture!! Yippee!!! […]
Loving Your Path
An E-card for you from Paulo Coelho … make sure to turn the page (and play with the way the pages move!)