May We Speak Up For Love Without Shame
Today, May 5th, is Children’s Day in Japan, a day to wish for their happiness and health. As such, I think it’s a great opportunity to speak up for the children of Gaza, who deserve to be healthy and happy, just as much as your children or mine. I...
May We Recognize Our Role in the World’s Toxicity
When a relationship is falling apart, it is never just one person’s fault. We would love to believe that it’s completely one sided. It’s so much easier to portray ourselves as the innocent victim or the righteous hero. But alas, the brutal truth is that 99% of the time,...
May We Break Out of Our Toxic Codependency Pt.2
In Part 1 yesterday, I detailed how I had asked my husband for a separation because I had recognized that we were in a toxic codependency. And lucky for me, my husband recognized it too. It was a very confusing time, to be honest. Here I was, mentally ready to start...
A Month Of Mays: May We Make Our Way Back to Wholeness
Well, I’ve neglected this blog for almost a whole year now, and BOY!! A lot has happened in that year, hasn’t it? Mind-boggling changes are coming at us left and right, and we’re bombarded with tragic stories and images from all over the world. I think we are all...
Here’s to the Fact That the World is Mad About You
“Here’s to the fact that world is mad about you. I want you to have it all.” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz These words feel different today, in a world that really seems to be going mad. People are so divided that even those...
Here’s to You Always Making Me Laugh
“Here’s to you always making me laugh” – an excerpt from the song Have It All by Jason Mraz I recently started following a duo from Gaza called @omarherzshow on Instagram. Omar and Mohammad are teenage boys only a year older than my son. They have been displaced due to the...
Let’s Upgrade To A New Type Of Democracy
When the American founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence back in 1776, they began a new era for not just one country, but for everyone around the world. It’s hard to imagine a world without a democratic United States now. However, even the most well-thought-out plan can become...
Lessons To Gain For Our Time From Reading Maus
Recently, my oldest decided to check out the graphic novel, Maus by Art Spiegelman at the library. As it is about the Holocaust, it was very timely, so I read it myself. The book reinforced my belief that I mentioned in my post about sending reiki to Putin. That...
We Are Earthlings: Keep Russians in Your Heart
In my previous post, I mentioned that my dreams are often war-related these days. I had yet another symbolic dream that shook me and reminded me how extremely important it is for us to be vigilant at this time, and just how much ordinary Russians need our support right...
We Are Earthlings : We All Are One
How are you handling the events of the past week? Are you feeling anxious? Helpless? Frustrated? Probably all of the above, and many more. My dreams are war-related. I dreamt of a memorial along a fence with toy after toy lined up to represent each of the dead. I...