Maya Angelou “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”   Anadi “The heart that cannot be fulfilled through its own love is like a container with no bottom; it can never be filled, not even with the love of the whole universe.”   The Guest House – by Rumi This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows, Who violently sweep your house Empty of it furniture, Still treat each guest honorably. He may be clearing you out For some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

“What exactly is SELF-ESTEEM?” Many people have only a general concept of what self-esteem actually means. I totally get it. The word is often used in swiping broad terms; it can be hard to pin down the definition as it applies to our life.  Self-esteem is often used as blanket statement when someone says, “I have, he has, she has, low self-esteem.”  With a broad brush, self-esteem can be loosely defined as the way we feel about ourselves.  Self- esteem, however, is actually multifaceted in that there are many aspects of the self.  So a good question to ask is, “Exactly which self are we taking about when we speak of self-esteem?” The internal self, the external self, the professional self, the significant other self, the

Using mindfulness as a path to happiness. Mindfulness can be a direct path to happiness. It allows us to be present with all our experiences, both good and bad, most especially all the in-between moments in life that we often don’t pay much attention to. We allow much of our day-to-day experiences to slip though the cracks of life.  Mindfulness is a discipline of mind that allows us to be present in moments of anxiety, anger, fear, depression, sorrow as well as joy, love, tranquility in the exact moment we are experiencing these emotions.  Mindfulness can also offer a more objective, reflective perspective from moment-to-moment. We can learn to pay attention to all that is present.  I have found that much of the time, we