The Seven Wonders To hear To see To taste To touch To feel To laugh To touch To love While the exact author is unknown, reflecting on these seven wonders might bring the focus on gratitude for our tremendous, yet simple blessings. Allow yourself to bask in the presence of those places, people and […]
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Forever Changing Forever Growing Nothing signifies growth more than Spring. As flowers prepare to bloom, as do we. Each period of blossoming is often followed by a respite of rest to bask in the fruits of our labors followed by yet another inevitable era of growth, each blossoming signifying a completion of another growth […]
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Kina’ole Have you ever had someone show up for you unexpectedly at just the right time in your life to help you through a particular circumstance expecting nothing in return? In Hawai’i, such generosity of heart is known as kina’ole. Most of us have been fortunate to be on both the receiving and […]
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One of my favorite aspects of living in Hawaii is the abundance of flowers that thrive in the high humidity of a tropical climate. Here are a handful of my favorites to share with you. While the blossoms come and go throughout the year, each bloom is unique, some have a delicious aroma like the […]
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While the holidays have become an iconic time for consumerism, there is something much deeper I celebrate through the season and the year. That is the joy of simply living and simply giving. I find the more simple my life is, the easier it is and the more blissful I feel. While it may seem […]
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Many with a long history and deep roots, words carry energy from one generation to the next. The context in which they are shared and the manner in which they are expressed has the capacity to encourage growth or hinder it. Beyond the ordinary use of words is the extraordinary hidden meanings that often […]
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Integrity and honesty are important qualities in relationship to anyone, including one’s self. If you cannot trust yourself, who can you trust? When one is not honest with oneself, one cannot live in integrity with others. While a lie may seem as if it does not hurt anyone, often times with one lie becomes another […]
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In March of 2020, while the world took on a new burden, most people carried it too. For me, I came to a realization that my self care at the time was not enough to surmount the collective pressure I was feeling. Like all challenges in life, there is always a silver lining. For me, […]
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Defining your self worth by how cheerful you feel, how nice you are, how brightly you shine will contribute to a lack of self acceptance and can set you up for suffering. No one can be happy and bright 100% of the time. There will be times of disappointment, tragedy and heart break. The […]
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Photo by Don Slocum Just like a flower, beauty will always make you feel more beautiful in its presence. While it can be easy to be touched by physical beauty, inner beauty emanates “light”or loving energy. It is this light loving energy that leaves a feeling of awe that brings out the beauty within everyone […]
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