Category Archives: Conscious Living Last week, I published my personal 40 before 40 list. (Yeah, I let it all hang out and you can feel free to hold me accountable.) This week, I’m offering some suggestions in case you’d like to make your own “before” or bucket list. But first, let’s discuss what a “before” or bucket list is […]  Three years from today I turn the big 4-0. (Happy Birthday to me!) When I decided to make a list of 40 things to do before 40, I wasn’t sure if I could fit 40 realistic goals into the next three years. I’ve seen a lot of places and had a lot of interesting experiences in […]  I’ve been thinking a lot about the nature of beauty lately, ever since I realized that appreciation for it, as well as for art and nature, is central to my personal values. I think of beauty as something that inspires awe or reverence, less physically or aesthetically than emotionally impactful. Alan Alda wrote, “What is beauty […]  Happy 4th of July! As Thomas Jefferson wrote in The Declaration of Independence, adopted 238 years ago today: And as Elizabeth Cady Stanton clarified in The Declaration of Sentiments, in 1848, “All men and women are created equal…,” in case there was any lingering doubt. We are all equal. Every one of us has an intrinsic, […]  I was looking through back issues of Oprah’s magazine recently, doing a late spring purge, when I found Oprah’s 7 Super-Soulful Reads. Although I haven’t read any of the suggestions in full, I knew most by name. One I didn’t know was Mark Nepo‘s The Book of Awakening, which is subtitled: Having the Life You Want […] |
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