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Spent some time looking for my eyeglasses today.
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Super irritated that I couldn’t find them.
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They ended up being on my face.
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Then, I felt a wave of frustration (self-loathing?) –

wasted time getting frazzled. Oh, this absent mind – where did you go?
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Well. It went looking – outside.
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If there’s something you are looking for this year – love, hope, peace, strength, centeredness, compassion, trust, faith in humanity…
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Before you exert yourself searching, before you deplete yourself riding the choppy emotional waves of Out There, notice where you are. Drop in. Look down. Check your pockets.
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It’s such a relief to find what you’re looking for right where you are.
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After it’s annoying that you didn’t see it at first, it really is a gift that it was there all along. It was there all along.
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It is there now, still – and if you haven’t found it, it waits for you.
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Life is so beautiful like that - something is missing + you have everything you need...so many things are true at once.
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#livewhatmatters #wedothistogether #aswithinsowithout #trustlife #chooseyourthoughts #whatyougiveattentiontogrows #loverises

Day 31 • Happy New Year, y’all! • Closing th

Day 31
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Happy New Year, y’all!
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Closing this one out with a full heart.
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On my 31st day of posting about gratitude – I have one last note of appreciation...

Thank you, 2020 for changing me, for teaching me – for changing us with your lessons – and thank you for ending.
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Wishing you all a healthy, happy and hopeful New Year full of Love!
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#livewhatmatters #31daysofgratitude #happynewyear #readyfor2021

Day 30 • I’m not a great hiker – I’m reall

Day 30
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I’m not a great hiker – I’m really not a mountain girl.
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The hike today was new to me (+ to Myles) + I didn’t know what to expect, which is never my sweet spot.
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The path we followed was steep, downhill at first. I had a few moments mid-way where I thought I am not going to make it up. I’m not sure I can make it back up.
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Which is partly ridiculous – because of course, I am going to make it up…even if it takes me all afternoon + partly legitimate apprehension that shortened my breath, raced my heart.
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Nonetheless, I had enough anxiety in the middle of the walk to miss some minutes of the Present, to miss some of the beauty – to miss the children laughing, taking on their imaginary roles of people from different planets who need to survive together on this trek – to miss a few minutes of Boyd telling me about his (very short-lived) experience with barefoot running years ago.
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Then, I got a hold of myself. This is the beauty of learning to manage your self-talk.
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You can actually talk yourself into a more productive emotion.
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You know how I convinced myself that I could get up that steep hill in the near future – no matter how awkward or old or out of shape I could potentially feel while doing it – I said: you got through 2020.
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If you would have told me I had to go 10 months without seeing my parents + my sister + her kids, I would have said: too steep.
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Children in my home, 24/7, attending online school, needing to be fed lunch every day for over a year: too steep.
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Give up facilitating small group workshops in person: too steep.
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Basically, any way you could have described 2020 – my reply would have been:
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I’m not sure I can make it up that mountain.
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I did. Myles did. Boyd + the girls crushed it.
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YOU did. We all did.
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I know 2021 is not going to be perfect + who knows what the world will look like 6 months from now…
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But we made it through 2020 + that means, we are strong enough to keep going.
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We are meant to climb, one step at a time, side-by-side.
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Onward + Upward!
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#livewhatmatters #31daysofgratitude #wedothistogether

Day 29 Tonight is an easy one: Thank you, life.

Day 29

Tonight is an easy one:

Thank you, life.
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And thank you, community.
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None of us can do life without each other.
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I am so grateful to be connected to an amazing group of people – who, like me, want to keep it real and make it intentionally about love.
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A big shout to those who joined me online this evening to Appreciate 2020 + Welcome 2021 – y’all made this year’s birthday especially memorable.
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And so did this awesome bouquet of balloon flowers sent from two women who have been a part of my work and the Live What Matters conversation since the very beginning @warriorwomenpod @onefabulousmom @tanyanewbould
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I just put Myles to bed and his last words were: today was really a good day.
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I love hearing one of my kids say that. And it made me realize how rarely I said that this past year. Even though I had plenty of good days.
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I’m changing that now. I’m more aware. I want to be more appreciative of my days and acknowledge the good, with the open heartedness of a child.
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So, I’m going to bed now and I wanted to share:
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Today was a really good day.
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Thank you all for being a part of it by being here.
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#livewhatmatters #31daysofgratitude #wedothistogether

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