Category Encouragement

A few pieces short of a puzzle

There are so many days when I feel incomplete.  Like I am missing a few pieces to my puzzle. At times I think to myself, where did I put those pieces?  I search busily for them.  Other times, I think the missing pieces were not even in the box to begin with. Still there are […]

Strength to slow down

Do you long for a slower pace?  Do you feel as though you are frantically rushing through life?  Does your to do list blur before your eyes in a flurry of must accomplish tasks?  Do you yearn for that ability to savor and enjoy the splendor of the gift of time? Do you think that […]

Lost, but not missing

One of the definitions of the word lost from dictionary.com is “having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place, direction.”  Have you ever felt that way?  Gone astray?  Missed the way?  Bewildered by where you are, or where you are headed? I love how in the definition for lost, dictionary.com uses the […]

A letter to my weary self

To my Beautiful Self, I know that today you are not feeling very beautiful.  I can feel the weight pushing down upon your shoulders and the pressure that it is placed upon your heart.  When you look in the mirror you see the exhaustion hanging on your face, driving your smile into hiding, so you […]

Irreplaceable Treasure

Do you ever feel unwanted?  Do you ever feel lonely?  Do you ever feel like no one knows who you are?  Do you feel unappreciated or under appreciated?  Do you ever feel like you mechanically press through life’s repetition as though you were a robot on an assembly line?  Do you ever feel like all […]