Live Your Eulogy NOW!

I'm traveling this month (fueling my creativity and restoring my soul) and am taking the opportunity to repurpose and highlight some of my favorite posts. This one originally appeared at a beautiful website called, "Midlife Midwife Project." It was a thought-provoking piece for me to write and one that encompasses my belief that we are here on earth to live our lives fully and when we do that we are called to give back to others. One of the greatest compliments I can receive from any reader is that it made them think. I hope you both enjoy this piece and that it inspires you to think about your own story and ponder what you want to share with the world!

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Lucy or Charlie Brown? Tigger or Pooh? You get to choose.

Life can be really challenging, don’t you think? It seems to me like we’re always seeking balance and fighting labels. We’re either Eeyore or Tigger. Lucy or Charlie Brown. Happy or Sad. Brave or Bitchy. The truth is that it’s not really about either/or, but rather our lives are filled with both/and.

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In Between Spaces

This space in between. The place of death and rising. We die a little each day with harsh words, careless misunderstandings, and boredom… And we rise like blooming flowers and soaring rainbows when we know that we are loved from deep within and that the world is our playground. Mostly we stand in the in between and beg it to go away, to hurry and be resolved.

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Rollin' Like a Yo-Yo

This year has been yo-yo material of the extreme sort. It’s included the kind of breakneck movement that brings highs and lows with such force it could send a person screaming to the chiropractor for whiplash relief.

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Loving Ourselves = Loving the World

Home. There’s so much to write and capture between my time away and now. I can’t settle down. (Or is it in?) Which way do we settle? Down toward the ground? Into the earth? Or do we settle into the love of the universe? Our beloved? Our loved ones? Ourselves?

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