Sprinkle Joy Whenever You Can, Inside and Out
“Sprinkle joy whenever you can, inside and out.” I love the word sprinkle…it evokes summer days in Oklahoma, playing and cooling ourselves in the garden sprinkler, the pleasure, the carefree delight, the ease, the lightness. Joy and delight, enthusiasm and lightheartedness are good for our health, our immune systems, and have trickle down benefits for...
Be Kind
Be kind, be calm, be safe… These are the words with which the BC health officer ends every update with. Dr. Bonnie Henry (written up in the New York Times : The Top Doctor Who Aced the Coronavirus Test), is indeed a gem, and we are blessed to have her leading the way. Be kind,...
Try Forest Bathing!
A dear friend suggested recently that I try Forest Bathing. (Thanks, Lora!) At that point I hadn’t heard anything about it, but loving trees and forests, and recognizing that I don’t actually take the time I’d like to be in the incredible forests that are a stone’s throw from where I live, her suggestion...
Music Is Good for the Soul
Music is good for the soul, the spirit, our health. This we know. Even Plato said as much! And here’s Leonard Bernstein’s take on music: “Music, of all the arts, stands in a special region, unlit by any star but its own, and utterly without meaning … except its own.” Recently I had occasion to...
Laughter :-)
Most mornings I remember to do my laughter practice…As I am making the bed, or heading in to brush my teeth, I start to giggle, then chuckle, then do a couple of belly laughs. It might sound pretty odd. There is often no real reason to be laughing, but I have no trouble calling up...
