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Ponderings on the Path blog posts focus on what I am thinking about and considering as I journey towards self-discovery and my authentic self.
Life on the Path blog posts deal with the day-to-day realities and challenges of living an intentioned life.
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Reset, Fast Forward, or Pause?
I just finished reading a book in which the author made mention of undertaking an activity that “… hit that life altering, magic reset,...
Sep 28, 2022
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Pointing My Bow
Last week I read the book Threads of Awakening: An American Woman’s Journey into Tibet’s Sacred Textile Art by Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo....
Sep 14, 2022
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The Upanishads, Mel Robbins, and Rumi
If you have been reading this blog for the past couple of weeks, you have been reading about my fears and struggles. Though I know my...
Aug 22, 2022
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Life Lessons I Missed
Have you ever had one of those a-ha moments when you realized that something very well known to others was a complete mystery to you? A...
Aug 15, 2022
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First, Last, and Love
It is time to make a change. I have been thinking about change, feeling the need for change, following the Crumbs leading to change, and...
Aug 8, 2022
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What Is Old Is New Again
As I enter a new phase in my life, my thoughts have been filled with the notion of community; it started with a quote in a book I was...
Aug 1, 2022
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A Community of One?
Without realizing it, I had stopped reading and was looking at the unalome hanging in the window. I had intentionally placed it there as...
Jul 26, 2022
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Longing to Belong
I was afraid. Fear crept in, silently, before I even realized it, feeling like the fog in the famous Carl Sandburg poem: The fog comes on...
Jul 11, 2022
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Stories and Compassion
Weariness is palpable. The divisions and mistrust in the world today seem to be growing, taking sides, with polarizing options, this or...
Jul 4, 2022
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I Needed a Thinky
“Thinky.” a word used when you need to pause and think something through before you respond, was created by my nephew when he was about 6...
Jun 27, 2022
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Flying
I found myself standing perfectly still at the edge of my life. At the proverbial precipice, I was wondering what would happen next. The...
Jun 20, 2022
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Signs
I totally believe in signs. Signs in all forms, shapes, and sizes; numbers, animals, dreams, odd coincidences, reoccurring experiences,...
Jun 13, 2022
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A Unifying Principle
It was all I could think about. I had been very deeply hurt by someone I love and care about. I was angry, and having a hard time...
Jun 6, 2022
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Too Much of A Good Thing?
Molly Katzen’s cookbook The Enchanted Broccoli Forrest started it all. As a newly minted vegan, I bought the cookbook to learn how to...
May 31, 2022
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Conundrums and Contradictions
Lately, my life has been filled with contradictions, situations in which inconsistent elements are present. Unfortunately, this is...
May 24, 2022
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Perspective
Last week, I had an encounter with someone I love and care about that did not go well, despite my truest intentions. I replayed the...
May 17, 2022
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The Rearview Mirror
One of the most popular Bible verses is found in Matthew Chapter 7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and...
May 10, 2022
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The Pretense of Accidents. What???
I can’t tell you how many time in my life I have faced the proverbial fork in the road. Honestly, I gave up counting. The frustrating...
May 3, 2022
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The Enemy Near
For some, life’s quest is a call to action, which seems noble and romantic. I, however, have never heard its call, at least that I am...
Apr 26, 2022
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The Great Untangling . . .
For most of my life, Euclid was my hero. Euclid theorized that the shortest distance between any two points was a straight line. This...
Apr 19, 2022
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We All Do It.
But Where Does It Come From? I do it all the time, yet I never really stopped to think it through until yesterday. Why yesterday? Another...
Mar 8, 2022
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Perfectly Imperfect
I have spent most of my adult life in pursuit of perfection. per·fec·tion - /pərˈfekSH(ə)n/ noun the condition, state, or quality of...
Mar 1, 2022
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It’s Never What You Think
Don’t you just hate when you miss the obvious? One of the Happiness Habits I adopted early on was waving. Yes indeed, plain old waving....
Feb 22, 2022
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The Longest Journey . . .
Hadley and I walk every morning, and one of our favorites walks is along the County Road that runs in front of our house. On these...
Feb 15, 2022
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