Feel good now. Remember that steady dripping water can wear a groove in stone mountains.A little bit of commitment over time carves a deep path. Commit to feeling good now.Do the small things that you know will contribute to your bliss. Even though I’m tired, I just came from doing a round of pull-ups out…
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This Is Your Power
This is your power. That you can choose how to see something. You can choose to be optimistic.To focus on the positive.To feel good now, instead of focusing on what hurts morale. In the post-apocalyptic western novella THE STRANGER, every chapter ends with a lesson.In Chapter 1, when the stranger arrives in the frontier town…
Potato Time
I’m running on potato time. Currently sitting out by the garden while Belle plants potatoes and gathers kale.I have until she’s done to write you this letter. Sometimes it feels good to have a little timer going.Really makes it feel exciting, you know? Wow.She is a faster potato planter than I thought. Remember to feel…
The Way I Hope My Books Are Read
The other day a teacher told me she was reading PARABLES with one of her students. That’s exactly what I hope for when I share my books with the world. That it will resonate with the right people.It will engage their imagination.And it will ripple out as shared fun and exploration. Our imagination is a…
I Accidentally Changed Timelines
I turned my words into a weapon. Feel good now. The other day, the family was having a conversation about the tabletop roleplaying game that we play together. After three years of gameplay, our heroic fantasy characters had saved the kingdom and reached a pinnacle of their career. It was time to start a new…
A Slow, Blissful January
Feel good now. For me, following my bliss this month has meant a few slow, happy weeks of reading and long walks by the river. It’s not what my ambitious side expected—but it feels really good to relax and ground my energy in the cottage for the winter. I also quietly published the first book…
A Simple Way of Living (Learned the Hard Way)
My great-uncle Tom survived three near death experiences in his life. After that, he lived by a very simple set of guidelines. He never sat down and told them to me, but his attitude and actions conveyed them perfectly. He remembered that life is precious and we should do our best to cultivate a positive…
A Note from the Buffet Table
With the same brain… I can think of things that feel bad.And I can think of things that feel good. With the same body… I can move in ways that feel bad.And I can move in ways that feel good. With this same energy field… I can organize my life in patterns and flows that…
A Letter from Under the Rainbow
We were trapped. Rain poured down on the park, forcing us to huddle together.We stood at the highest corner of the hill under a cluster of trees, our backs to the wind. Baloo paced nearby. Things looked grim. Then one of us suggested,“Well… how about we play Globle?” It felt good now—laughing, using Belle’s scarf…
The Voice I Listen to Now
I woke up late today. Once, that would have made me feel bad. I would’ve had a story running through my mind about how waking up later than 6am meant I was lazy.That I had no discipline.That I wasn’t going to achieve my goals in life. I might have even spiraled into an inner monologue…