I need morning fog, sunsets, chocolate pudding, a good hot dog, and Nancy Lynn I need a little red car, cool winds, happy children, homemade tacos, and Nancy Lynn I need daily loving, many happy clients, grandchildren in college, a sailboat, and Nancy Lynn TEB Happy Birthday Nancy!  May 21st

When a loved one is in physical or emotional pain, when their world no longer makes sense, your simple listening can work wonders. Cry with them. Be silent with them. Validate their feelings, however painful. Help them feel known in this world. Don't offer clever answers now. Offer yourself. Don't preach and teach. Don't judge … Continue reading How to Love

Gratefulness not only changes your life, but also extends beyond your intimate sphere. It gives rise to compassion, kindness, forgiveness, and empathy, and thus informs how we treat others and how we act in the larger world. ~ Kristi Nelson 1. Gratefulness is not circumstantial or conditional. 2. We can practice being grateful for what … Continue reading Ten True Things About Gratefulness

Jeff Foster Poems The Paradox of Loving My love, you cannot truly “be there” for another until you learn to “be there” for yourself. Be there for your breath as it rises and falls. As it slows, quickens, deepens. As the belly expands and contracts. Be there. Be a loving witness to this extraordinary power … Continue reading The Paradox of Loving

https://youtu.be/TT5u2xVEO5M  Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be Happy. So when they grow up they will know the value of things not the price. Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food."  The One who loves you will never leave you because even if … Continue reading Eight Thoughts

The Bangles https://youtu.be/DsFcn8sdNI8 One thing or another Your head is filled with questions, sights and sounds Distractions always get you down Turn around Trying to remember Where you were the day before North and south and east and west Where to go When it's over When it's done Let it go Frightened by the numbers … Continue reading Let it Go

https://youtu.be/SuUfLlvUoyc I have seen the rain I have felt the pain I don't know where I'll be tomorrow I don't know where I'm going I don't even know where I've been But i know I'd like to see them again Spend my days just searching Spend my nights in dreams Stop looking over my shoulder … Continue reading I Have See the Rain