Wow, is it September already? What a journey the last 5.5 months has been. I've learned so much about myself, our family, and how I want to live. At the beginning of the year, I set an intention to go away on a solo retreat, to relax and renew. If you had asked me in January, I never would have guessed that the universe would answer my prayer by locking me into our home, the place I was asking to have a break from. In the beginning, it all felt like a cosmic joke but within a month, I realized I was granted an everyday miracle

As we take a moment every day to stop, pause, and list all that we are thankful for in our life our attitude automatically changes and we begin to see the goodness in our lives. Before our eyes exist a life full of possibilities. We are GREAT and FULL and have so much to be thankful for. Numerous research studies have been conducted on how gratitude, which I believe is an open door to awareness can help build a healthy immune system and enhance overall wellbeing. Did you know that grateful people are:

Have you stopped to smell the roses lately? At our home, the flowers are in bloom and the rose is imparting on us the most vibrant colors and uplifting of fragrance. It has been measured that the rose holds the highest frequency of all flowers. When you work with roses in your garden, simply hold them in your hand, or place rose oil on your body it can change how you feel.

Like many, I have been feeling all the feels during this interesting time on the planet. My musing this month is from one of my shares during my treasured weekly writing circle:

One step at a time was her mantra. One day at a time was her theme. This whole global pandemic was bringing her and hopefully the planet back into balance. She hoped her children would remember this time in history as a turning point. That in the end, a lesson

When was the last time you fully relaxed?  When you allowed yourself to just let go?

Have you ever had the experience of pausing and being in your body so completely, connecting to your life so fully that you felt no fear, no anxiety, no thoughts?  This state, especially in today's society, can be very difficult to achieve.  Mitigating commotion in our daily life requires learning how to relax.