I love Spring! It serves as a reminder of the strength and wisdom that exist in the living forms around us, and more importantly, of the strength and wisdom that lie within us. How so? Well, for those of us who believe that we are all connected and are each a vital note in this harmonious melody that is the Uni-verse - the one song - the changes in nature represent the changes in us. And for me, Spring is a wonderful reminder of this. I know that with everything that seems to

As I sat on the floor and wrote my father a letter of forgiveness, I had no idea that this process would impact my life in such a profound way. Blinded by tears, I could hardly see the words I wrote but I felt them throughout the very fiber of my being. I read and re-read the letter and carefully folded it and put it with my travel documents. I intended to give this letter to my dad on my next visit home, which I hoped would have been that Christmas. That letter was written

In my search for answers as to why I seem to repeatedly have the same experiences - different stage...different actors...seemingly different story lines...same experiences - I had to stare down some painful but cathartic Truths. One of them is something that I like to tell others, but never seem to realize that I am not living my own advice. I often remind them that it's not people, conditions, or circumstances that hurt them, disappoint them, or break their hearts; it's thei