Category: A Month of Mays

“May the road less paved be the road that you follow” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz In yesterday’s post, I talked about acknowledging your own growth. Well, here’s another example of a mental growth I’ve noticed, compared to how I used to think 6...

“May the best of your todays be the worst of your tomorrows” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz About two weeks ago, I started attending Tai Ji classes. Tai ji is very complex. It has many, many steps that could take almost an hour...

“May you get to rest, may you catch your breath.” – Jason Mraz, an excerpt from the song Have It All Taking a cue from the words today!...

Let’s imagine for just a second that you get an opportunity to meet one person, someone that you truly respect. You get to spend an evening with them, however and wherever you’d like. Who would you choose to meet? How would you treat this esteemed guest? What would you...

Listen to your heart. This is a lesson that I’ve had to really face in the last few months and understand at a deeper level. I wish it wasn’t so, but being yourself is one of the most difficult things to do in this life. It’s not difficult for...

Happiness, I think, is such a difficult thing to pin down. I have tried and tried to write something about it all last night and all day today, but I keep rewriting and erasing, rewriting and erasing…  I think it’s because happiness looks different to everyone. It’s not always...

Sharing What You Can, Nothing More, Nothing Less Generosity – In today’s world, being generous is too often equated with offering money or material items. This misconception can unfortunately push some people to give more than they can afford. But there’s so much that we can share other than...

The thing that I really like about this section of the song, Have it all by Jason Mraz, is that he doesn’t say “May you always do your best.” Instead, he wishes that you have the confidence to.  It’s a subtle difference in words, but an important one.  Without that confidence,...

6 years ago today, I started a month-long challenge that I like to call A Month of Mays. It was inspired by Jason Mraz’s song, Have It All. The first year, I just took snippets from the song lyrics, and created artworks to go along with them. But the next...