Writings

Annual rituals and simple practices often bring us calm and comfort, convert lethargy into active outcomes and chaos into organization, generating a greater sense of well-being.

It’s been a month! A year! Most of us are deeply sighing relief. Our Bananagrams brains have a new use for the letter V—vaccine and verdict are front-row words forever imprinted.

March (once considered the first month of the Roman calendar) calls us forward with great anticipation and renewed urgency. We take stock of what needs replenishing, restoring and completing. 

Did you think it would be easier, more promising—this transition from 2020 to 2021? Or is it exactly what you had expected?

It’s been a long year of the i-o-n words: isolation, insulation, suffocation, observation, integration, communication, hibernation, activation, obscuration—an extensive list beyond those listed.

Anticipation. A crowded home full of favorite guests. Joyous chaos. Clamoring conversations. Savory aromas. The stress of getting everything done for one day is coming to an end. Thanksgiving has finally arrived. Take your places. Let the celebration begin!

If only personal changes occurred with as much advance notice, knowledge and preparation time as seasonal changes provide. Fall’s arrival gives us time to prepare, take inventory of what we require and ease into the future. We feel energized in saying goodbye and anticipating the next.

In a recent interview Michelle Obama states, “These are not fulfilling times spiritually.” She uses the word dispiriting to describe her low-grade depression. We recognize the former First Lady as a strong, fiercely independent, smart, purpose-driven woman and mother.

We believe we’re seasoned travelers, knowing how to pack for and travel the roadways of change. We pride ourselves in our critical thinking and decision-making skills, life experience and self-reliance abilities.

Greetings on the cusp of Summer Solstice - offering the longest day of sunlight on June 20th and hoping it brings you much joy during this time of world-wide revelations.

Joyous greetings from my new company, ALLwaysJoy, llc. You are receiving this communiqué as an honored client, colleague or dear friend—one who has added value to my life.