Tagged: gratitude

a call to gratitude

One year ago today we sat around the table, and I struggled to answer that question, “What are you thankful for?” I knew there was an endless list of things I could say, but...

the sacrifice of thanks

reading: Psalm 50, Exodus 13:17-14:31 . . . Thanksgiving. We don’t often first think of the word “sacrifice” when we think of giving thanks. Well, I don’t know about you, but I sure don’t....

blessing in the battle

I stood there at the airport. LAX terminal 3. It’s the one for international travel. And this time it was me saying goodbye to my new husband for the very first time since our...

the gift of the present

I don’t know about you, but I have trouble being present… often. I am so tempted to look to the future, to dwell on what will happen, to obsess over what is yet to...

gratitude challenge

They say it takes 21 days to make or break a habit… I was encouraged by my friend and yoga instructor, Elise Joan, who is an ambassador for Zico Coconut Water, to participate in...

insatiable.

In his book At Left Brain Turn Right, acting coach Anthony Meindl says: “The true source of happiness in creating is derived not in the end result of what creating can bring us because it’s insatiable,...

…when you’re making other plans

“It’s the oldest story in the world. One day you’re seventeen and planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today, and then someday is yesterday, and then this...