Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now how comfortable it will be to touch the earth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind? And don’t you think the trees, especially those with mossy hollows, are beginning to look for the birds that will come—six, a dozen—to sleep inside their
So few grains of happinessmeasured against all the darkand still the scales balance. The world asks of usonly the strength we have and we give it.Then it asks more, and we give it. From “The Weighing” by Jane Hershfield August highlightscompleted 64 workouts (strength, yoga, strength, cycle, hiking, running)exceeded activity goal of 25,000 calories burnedperfect
Even in the middle of a global pandemic, when you’re yearning for the things you cannot do, there are so many opportunities to do. You just have to shift your mindset to “instead.” As I reflect on another month in this strange new normal, I am grateful for the instead. The month, like so many
“You must have a room, or a certain hour or so a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers that morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes to you. This is a place where you can simply experience
As I reflect back on May and plan for June and beyond, I find myself dealing with overwhelming feelings of anger, anxiety, and frustration. Life is full of volatility and unrest right now. We are a nation and a world in crisis. We are and have been amid a global pandemic for months and, more
Like many of you, April was marked by the first full month of quarantine. In the Bay Area, our shelter-in-place has been extended through May, so it seems that April may be the first full month of at least two but, with things changing what seems like almost minute-by-minute, we’ll see how the next 30
“Normal is gone. There will be a new normal. We’ll get there. We’ll get through this. But things will change and that’s going to be okay. Maybe better than okay. Maybe we’ll come out better in the end. But we don’t have to be better now, we don’t have to be better overnight. This isn’t
“San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller within immortal. That is the whole truth.” ~William Saroyan February is usually a month I dread (although that’s changed a bit since meeting my husband and celebrating his birthday that
You may be familiar with the memes being shared on social media about how excruciatingly long the month of January was and, while I feel that way most Januaries, I could relate this year more than any other. When I look back at all that happened in the first 31 days of 2020, it’s almost
“Growth comes from saying yes to the unknown.” ~Gloria Steinem December highlights read four books completed Foundations of Positive Psychology certification listed house + accepted offer/under contract stayed on plan-ish for WW highlights + hair pampering enjoyed many happy hours + dinners + brunches with friends spent time at one of my happy places hosted
