I don’t know what shifted.Maybe I’m too tired. Maybe I’ve cried enough. Maybe something inside me just loosened, finally, after holding on for too long.I was driving—nothing particularly special about that. The sky wasn’t extraordinary. The road was the same one I always take. The weight of my worries hadn’t disappeared. My husband is still … Continue reading Komorebi
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Present
I don’t know why, but I woke up today feeling… romantic.Not about anyone in particular—more like a soft ache in the chest, the kind of mood where light seems golden, and small things stir the heart. At the same time, my body isn’t cooperating—headache, itchy skin, a creeping sense that maybe I’m allergic to something … Continue reading Present
Good day
Good things I do today: I installed a screen time app. I remember Eckhart Tolle's advice to stay in the present moment, although as a novice I actually went back and forth from my anxiety to the present moment. I think I have reduced my screen time a lot today - although not sure, hence … Continue reading Good day
Re-start
Today I’m making a very important decision:I’ll start over whenever I see fit.More often than not, I find myself needing to forgive myself again.I used to think forgiveness was something you do once and it’s done. One clean break with the past. I was wrong.Every inch of growth, every new understanding, requires me to forgive … Continue reading Re-start
Bluebellvine
Look around you and write something that you notice Donna Ashworth It's raining hard this evening, there's a bluebellvine plant in the front yard, its vivid blue flowers stay intact under the rain. The vines are leaning to a mango tree so they look like two friends leaning shoulder to shoulder. I wonder what their … Continue reading Bluebellvine