My smile has always been one of my best features. I’ve worn it often & earnestly. Early on I figured out that it could get me into and out of sometimes precarious situations. My smile became my secret weapon. “I haven’t seen you smile in so long. I’d love to see you happy again,” was […]

“people say that steadiness of mind is an end; no, it is a beginning. i am there; i can explain everything up to that point. then i struggle to discover what comes after, so this steadiness is not an end, it is the beginning and the instrument.” ~ BKS Iyengar when my now husband & […]

i opened up one of my favorite newsletters this morning THE SUNDAY PAPER from Maria Shriver & read this quote: “…in trying to help others, we might come to realize that compassionate action involves working with ourselves as much as working with others.” -Pema Chödrön & it struck me as to why i started doing what […]