The question I want to explore is this: when wanting to bring something into your life that you want, are you who you need to be to receive it?

The thought I had after my traffic frustration, survival, and no-one cares attitude was to turn inward for answers and not turn off or tune out. OK, I may need to turn away from news channels, too, for my mental health, but I'm learning to turn inward to work on my daily stress level.

I Found My People Why do I even attend these writing intensives! I thought, chastising myself for not remembering the last few I had...

When we as individuals choose our responses from prosocial behaviours, and promote those behaviours in ourselves and others, we are doing our part to keep the lever of basic care and kindness from reaching a tipping point and falling toward selfishness and apathy.

Walking around the bend in the path, I wasn’t happy about the humid heat enveloping me. I’d started my walk early that morning to avoid it. Now I was facing into the sun, its rays piercing my skin. As I grow older, my skin, especially my forearms, breaks out in itchy red bumps. It wasn’t even mid-summer yet, I mused, as my mind wandered back in time.