Seeing buds near blossom reminds me of believing in ourselves. Buds simply do their thing, blossoming in perfect time, bursting into flower. And us? We may be saddled beneath a gaggle of negative voices or expectations, wounding us. Maybe because of these thoughts we now eat to numb ourselves. Or we watch way too much television. Maybe we … [Read more...]
Heal into Your Light
After a Journaling to Joy participant reads her response to the given prompt, the next reader says hers can’t compare, before she shares, which, naturally, is completely different, authentically hers, and just right. Comparing. Comparisons. Oh, my…yes. How many times have we belittled our own contribution before making it in a group? … [Read more...]