READ: ‘Descendants’ seeks solutions to trouble in paradise by Brent Marchant

Focusing one’s attention on the present moment is very freeing, not only in terms of doing what one wants, but also in terms of being who one wants to be. Again, Matt’s wife and daughters understand this, though he still needs to get the lesson.

Keeping Life Simple – What are you waiting for?

Life is filled with an agenda of so many things we need to do each day and trying to find time in our daily calendars to see family and friends becomes just another item on the list. Yet it’s these very people in our lives that when we make the time to be with them [...]

Keeping Life Simple ~ 10 tips to bring simplicity into your life

When you embrace a new day make a commitment  to bring at least one of the following suggestions into your  life for peace and simplicity. 1. Make a choice right now to live your life in awareness~ be aware of your  feelings, thoughts and actions 2. Live your life in the moment - everything is possible when in life life in [...]

Moments of Clarity

“A Single Man” (2009). Cast: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Ginnifer Goodwin, Ryan Simpkins, Paul Butler. Director: Tom Ford. Screenplay: Tom Ford and David Scearce. Book: Christopher Isherwood. www.asingleman-movie.com. They flicker ever so briefly and then dissolve into the darkness. Moments of clarity, those all-too-fleeting flashes of intuitive insight, sparkle [...]

Animals – The Masters of Living in the Moment

Animals are such a gift to humans. They are our teachers, healers and companions.  If we observe their behaviors and habits we can learn so much about living in the moment. The beauty is, they don’t try to be present. They don’t take meditation classes or do yoga or read lots of books on ‘being [...]