My husband and I went for a walk a couple of days ago. There’s a pathway that we found that takes us to a great view of the Pyrenees that we take every few days. The line of trees along the street has turned a crimson red. They are beautiful; real fall weather is in … More Out of Nowhere
I had a dream the other night. Both of my daughters were in it. I was applying some drops of medication to the upper back of my older daughter. She had a wound that required a flap to be opened and the medication to be dripped in. She moved suddenly and I spilled some from … More self love
It was when we were in the parking lot of the Intermarché when it struck me. My husband was loading the carefully chosen grocery items into the trunk of the car. I am in my prime, right now, I thought. I am at my very best It was in a sudden moment when I knew … More And what of now?
I didn’t see it before now, the things I held as real. Friendships, memories, and events that I created in my mind to make sense of my world. The dead things have brought me comfort, kept me connected, made me feel like I was a part of something. Friends kept for many years, the last … More Letting go of dead things
I’ve been following that elusive carrot for a few years now. The one dangled in front in promise of something great coming sometime in the future. Corporations, governments and even the Carrefour market here does it – collect 140 stickers and for 5 € you can get a blender! type of promotions. It’s the carrot … More the fake carrot and the fake stick
This passage in the inspiring book Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés resonated right through me. I read the book several years ago and I have just rediscovered it and am reading it as if for the very first time. I am a different woman now than I was many years … More Happy International Women’s Day to wild wolf women …
I realize that when I talked to friends I put a positive spin on most everything that I’ve been living. It was a bad habit. With no answers to their prying inquiries, I dreaded hearing “I told you so” in stereo from those that “warned” me about living without a plan. “I got this”, I … More we don’t want to live with it … but it is necessary for freedom and is a key to happiness
Being heart centered isn’t provocative, intriguing, social or sexy it doesn’t rile the masses or divide in two. It doesn’t push, prove, cajole or yearn to compete. Unearthed is a new, bright, clear, and fresh way through… Cutting the ties to who we were once thought to be floating in now, sinking into none matter … More shine
Consciousness, Awareness, Connected, Centered whole in full heart, life now this present moment time suspended, magic surreal and clear. Light bouncing off birds, bees, fairies and trees. Breath comes in and one is let go, Energy centers swirl. Colored spheres quicken. 12 come together with ebb and flow moving from top of head to toe. … More The way of Joy
The mind is not a kind instrument when it’s left to run the show. A seemingly, and most likely innocent event can be left alone and be perfectly benign, until the mind comes in and messes with it. Within a few moments of following the trail, the “event” has taken on a whole new meaning. … More thank you, I unsubscribe
Kathy Maloney Mathieu 