I've always felt content around order and routine. My children sometimes kid me about my lack of spontaneity and can usually predict my reaction to most anything. I'm working on it, though. For me, routine has always felt safe and comfortable and so I've found myself adopting some pretty predictable behaviors. I love lists and schedules and feel a little woozy sometimes when I veer off the prescribed plan for the day. Do I like these behaviors? Like I mentioned above, I find them safe and … [Read more...]

No one has to remind a cat to get plenty of rest. When kitty feels tired, she drops what she is doing, curls up and relaxes or dozes until her body feels ready to resume activity. Felines are masters at listening to subtle mental and physical cues. In a world where more is better, most humans still have a difficult time jumping off life's treadmill and getting the rest their bodies require. Rest doesn't always mean sleep (although sleep is very important); rest means taking both mental and … [Read more...]

In recent years, I've felt an increasing importance to live authentically. I am who I am. In the past I cared (too much) about what people thought of me and made some choices based on whether or not I thought they might judge me harshly. And I'm talking about silly things: the music I enjoy, my sometimes dark and overly silly sense of humor, my love of wildly dancing in the kitchen to the Bee Gees. I thought perhaps some people would think me less spiritual if they knew that in the same hour, … [Read more...]