Breathe

“Always do your best.”~ Don Miguel Ruiz ~ This is The Fourth Agreement. Your best changes every day. Some days your best is moving mountains. Other days your best is getting out of bed. Both count. Neither one is wrong. The agreement isn’t to be perfect. It’s to show up fully with what you have…

“A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.”~Erma Bombeck~ Sound familiar? You’re not lazy. You’re not broken. You’re just full — running fourteen tabs your brain never asked to open. Computers get a reboot. You get a porch,…

“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”~Nelson Mandela~ Nobody’s waiting on the right moment. There isn’t one. The time to call your mom, the time to make things right with somebody, the time to finally start the thing you keep putting off — it’s not…

“You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.”~ Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are ~ Yesterday was meditation. Think of that as the workout. You set time aside, sit down, breathe, and center yourself. Mindfulness is the muscle you use the rest of the day. Not on a cushion. In…

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”~Albert Einstein~ Most people run from silence like they owe it money. The Dude is still working on that one himself. Turns out silence isn’t the enemy. It’s the cure. Sit still long enough. Something always shows up. The Dude 🐸 Thought for the DayWhat are you drowning out…

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”~Josh Billings~ They came to us in a box nobody else wanted. Best decision we never had to think twice about. Dogs don’t know distraction. No scrolling, no half-attention — just you, completely, every single time. Luke went first. Leia…