Above the Treeline

Gratitude is saving me. It has been for the last few years. It is not something nice to add to my pantheon of virtues, it is the virtue that breathes life into every character trait I have. The mental and emotional peace I receive from the daily practice of gratitude, is incalculable. If you are […]

Against the Current

I DO NOT like conflict. I don’t avoid it necessarily but my stomach churns when I have to confront it. I’ll be honest with you too, when it happens I get pretty bent out of shape. “Why me? What am I doing wrong? Can’t anything be easy?” are phrases that will eventually come out of […]