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Note from Elise:  Occasionally I invite guests to post their thoughts for you. I think you’ll enjoy their ideas and unique voices. At the end of each post, you can read a brief bio about the guest author. Enjoy! *******   Dan Erickson   Thoughts have scattered with wind; ideas washed by autumn rain. NothingRead more

“You’re not going to find the meaning of life hidden under a rock written by someone else. You’ll only find it by giving meaning to life from inside yourself.”  (Dr. Robert Firestone) If you’re searching for meaning in your life, know that while others can certainly help you with where to look, how to look,Read more

“Be willing to go naked.”  (May Sarton) Be willing to reveal your inner nature, your deepest thoughts and imaginings, your wildest self, your boldest essence. Be translucent so others can truly see and know your beauty, your depths, your core. Allow yourself to be exposed and vulnerable, let your feelings show. Embrace your humanness —Read more

“I’m not as interested in what you have to tell or sell as in what you choose to live and give.”  (Cory Booker) If we could live life simply by talking about it, i.e. what we’d do in this situation or that circumstance, we’d all be pretty exceptional people.  The real challenge comes in theRead more

which is better to give or to receive as children, most would say to receive is delightful, surprising, most desirable as adults, the answer will vary perhaps affected by our charitable nature what holiday we’re celebrating or the status of our bank account so we return to the question which is better to love orRead more

stumbling through my days tripping and falling to the bottom of the existential barrel feeling daunted even dismayed buffeted by life’s ebbs and dips but here in this darkness i find a generative power concealed in the dense fog of uncertainty for it is when i go underground through the well-guarded gates to my essential coreRead more

when we first met our souls collided in a song of recognition for we have lived and loved beyond time and space you are so familiar to me that i immediately know your depths even though the details of your life are new and exciting when our hearts connect all is right with the worldRead more

i see bare skeletons where lush growth once stood and cold air causes me to add layers the shorter days send us deep within where internal recesses beckon as the external environment becomes less enticing sometimes even threatening the world can appear barren dead yet deep within the earth the seeds await the warmth just asRead more

…I mean I love you for who you are, not who I hope you’ll be someday, …I accept your humanness and don’t expect perfection, …I’m saying I’ll love you tomorrow for who you are then, even when it’s different from who you are today, …I am honoring the beautiful soul I see at your core,Read more

what kind of love reaches into the depths of my being and rattles me alights on my skin and sinks into my pores wraps me in caring and warmth and embraces me endlessly what kind of love is so deep that it has no bottom, no end flows to and through me touching every part,Read more