When I speak my truth, there is no need for convincing.

Christmas is about possibilities.

Grind Myth #10:

The myth of aloneness.

Grind Myth #9:

The myth of separateness.

Grind Myth #8:

The invitations of  "Why wouldn't you?"

Do you have a code that you live by?

What have you done today to live more closely with your intentions?

Notes from Pine Grove:

Wind and water are different parts of the same thing.

Notes from Pine Grove:

Listen to the wind.

Notes from Pine Grove:

Life-Time-Practice

Grind Myth #7:

Death.

Body Genius Question #2:

Having found out that you are able to bring together tissues that have been cut apart and heal that part of your body, I get curious about what other miraculous things you are capable of.

Notes from Pine Grove:

Sometimes I should just be still.

Worry steals, joy heals.

Body Genius question #1

Having found out that you can keep your heart beating 24/7 without giving it a second thought, I get curious about what other amazing things you are capable of.

THe color of the leaves is an uncovering of something that was akways there.

I had a vision. I was looking up at myself from the depths of a great gaping chasm. I realize it is a wound in Mother Earth, screaming out to be healed. The task is overwhelming, but then I see the wound from above and realize that it is made up of many smaller wounds. I see that if I follow my heart and attend to my own wounds, the great gaping wound can be healed. I had the vision at 3:00am. It is now 1:57am.

Vision can give us false certainty.

Honesty is not about truth, it is about balance.

Notes from Pine Grove:

Sometimes I just need to do something fun.

Every moment of experience has lessons to teach me.

The solution will be simple and obvious, when it is time.

Notes from Pine Grove:

Sometimes the path is made clear for me.

Remember. Right here, right now.

If faith was about knowing, we wouldn't need it.

All intention is connected.

Be about don't, not can't.

Sometimes what I don't do is the most important thing.

When I am lost, there is nothing more important than faith.

The treetops are not disconnected from the cosmos.

When we get exactly what we ask for, we miss the chance to experience what would have come along anyway, and what we could not have imagined.

Notes from Pine Grove:

We are most the stable when we are flexible.

Sometimes the closest steps are the least familiar.

I can not be safe and free.

Sometimes the lock creates the theif.

Notes from pine grove:

Every step matters.

When we try to hold onto that which is beautiful, we miss what actually is.

Notes from Pine Grove:

1. I always have options.

2. Sometimes I haven't traveled as far as I think I have.

3. My path has a way of calling me back.

Grind Myth #6:

We must strive to be different than what we are.

If you love it, it will be loved.

The gifts are infinite. It is my willingness to take them up that falters.

Let me not ask my children to take reponsibility for their actions before I take responsibility for mine.

"Act like your life is Christmas morning and you have millions of presents to open, instead of the day after Christmas when you don't have anything to look forward to." - Anonymous

"Woe to those whose minds bare thoughts of greed, and hearts hold no glories of love." - Jemma Glenn Wixson

The rain that beats down the flowers is the same rain that softenes the thistle and the thorn.

When we are distracted by the stepping stones along the path, we can miss the view.

Oh, to have the courage and skill of a mouse.

Develop a mentoring relationship with something in the wilderness.

Tho shalt not covet thine own life.

Now, there is no self.

When gifts are offered, accept them gratefully.

Spirit can not thrive in isolation.

It is not what we can do, it is what we do do.

The truth of what we need resides only in the moment.

Sentences that begin with "someday," end in tragedy.

Don't be a who, be a when.

Laws do not change what we are.

Happiness is not something we achieve, but something we practice.

The absence of change is a spiritual death, that exists only in our human imagination.

When I stand fully in every moment of my experience, I am less likely to miss them when they are gone.

Civilization is destroying humanity.

Grind Myth #5

We should be other than what we are.

Attitude and perspective are the same thing.

You can't have vichyssoise in the evening without the smell of onions in the morning.

Grind Myth #4:

The Myth of Limitations.

Grind Myth #3:

The Myth of Imperfection.

Do not expect squirrel to bring you daisies.

Periods of pain and sickness offer the opportunity to consider, gratefully, periods of health and painlessness.

There are tribes who follow the old ways, who very rarely contract insect born diseases. These people carry water miles from it's source, to their camps. "What a burden for those who carry the water," you say? The water bearers bathe, and drink their fill at the river's edge, before carrying the water spirit gift back to their families, where it is shared sparingly. There is always balance.

Before we adopt a practice intended to make life easier, we must carefully consider the cost to our human spirit.

We must steal ourselves for the wails of pain that must be heard for us to move forward.

When our children disrespect us, we must pay close attention, for their disrespect is masking disappointment that springs from a purely held knowing of what we can achieve.

Lesson 1: Disturbance is Change.


Lesson 2: Puppy wakes, unencumbered by yesterday.


Lesson 3: It is not what you do, but how you do it.


Lesson 4: Sometimes the apple hits the bat.


Lesson 5: We are surrounded by teachers.


Lesson 6: When we take up a position of self destruction, "do unto others" will not help us.

Perception is change.

You possess one of the most amazing physio-spiritual creations in the known worlds. You have, can, and will do great things. There is nothing you can't do.


Our conscious experience is simply the intersection of all energies.

We can all be heroes. . . for a while.

Practice action.

When we do not look into the eyes of a cow before we eat it, we are missing something essential.

Community is not about where you are, but who you are.

You are surrounded by hope and abundance and love.

Everything is alright.

A spiritual life is defined by practices, not miracles.

Disparage not the den of iniquity, but the din of inequity.

I suspect that it is not so much the story, but the telling that matters.

When children ask us for guidance, it is a gift.

Grind Myth #2:

The Myth of Sameness. Or, "It's always been like that."

Before periods of difficulty, come periods of great gifts. Always.

We are addicted to distraction. And that may be what saves us.

Patience and Forgiveness. Everything is as it should be.

Are you change?

Grind Myth #1:

You might be missing something.

The present will wait for you. Be in it.

Studying DNA to understand life is like studying a tree to understand why it moves. To truly encounter our existence, we must consider the wind.

We must learn the lessons around the teaching. Everything is reflected resonance.

Gratitude is freedom.

All intent is positive.