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Discovering peace and purpose - the bravery of being
A quest for bravery
As months of quarantine restrictions diminish, I begin again on a quest for bravery. That leap of faith when you are unsure of the outcome but go for it anyway. Where possibility from small brave decisions can lead you in a new direction. They say fear filled choices always build our confidence, even if things do not go...

Peace begins with a smile ~ Mother Teresa 
Inspiring Women Series: Mother Teresa
Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu,  August 26, 1910 - September 5, 1997, honored in the Catholic Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an  Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary. She was born in Skopje, part of the Ottoman Empire. After living in Skopje for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and...

Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace. 
Inspiring women series: Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart, was born July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937, and declared dead January 5, 1939. She was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator  to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about...

“The greatest problem in the world today is intolerance. Everyone is so intolerant of each other.” – Princess Diana 
Inspiring women series: Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana Frances Spencer was born on July 1, 1961. She was the fourth of five children. The Spencer family had been closely allied with the British royal family for several generations, Diana's grandmothers had served as ladies...

"If you want something said ask a man. If you want something done as a woman." ~ Margaret Thatcher 
Inspiring Women Series: Margaret Thatcher 
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, born October 13, 1925 was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom  from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the longest-serving British...

Memories of our lives, of our works, and our deeds will continue in others ~ Rosa Parks 
Inspiring Women Series: Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was born Rosa Louise McCauley in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. Her parents, Leona, a teacher and James McCauley, a carpenter.She was small as a child and suffered poor health with chronic tonsillitis. When her parents separated, she moved with her...

"Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less." ~Marie Curie 
Inspiring Women Series: Marie Curie
Marie Curie, known as Maria Skłodowska was born in Warsaw, Poland, part of the Russian Empire, on November 7, 1867. She was the 5th and youngest child of well-known teachers Bronisława and Władysław Skłodowski.
The...

Fight for the things you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Inspiring Women series - Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born in Brooklyn, New York City on March 15, 1933. Her older sister, Marylin, died at age six from meningitis when Ruth was 14 months old. When Ruth started school, her mother Celia noticed that there were several...

The happiness in your life depends on the quality of your thoughts
Today I need to get back to it, back to some sort of schedule, a balance to my day. This attempt to plan each hour with activity and rest, creativity and quiet. A distraction of time that provides a fast to the worry that silently awaits my attention.
After a restless night I wake with a new determination. One that I plan to use...

 
  
 During this time of isolation and quarantine, I read these reminders that feel so much clearer today, as if our eyes are fully open to see.
 
 
 
From the book of awakening by Mark Nepo: 
The line between living and watching is very thin. A moment's rest or pause for reflection can spread into a thickness of hesitation, and the next thing we know, reaching out or saying something...