August 26, 2026

Daydream like your life depends on it! Because it does! Yes, we can look into the past to see and understand and reflect to grow, but we must earnestly look within to see what it is we truly want. We must do the work necessary to make it happen! And sometimes, the work is as simple as being present. Take a breath. 

A BIG ONE. 

And sigh it out. 

We gotta keep our heads high and our hearts strong as we nourish a new reality. Consistent tiny steps will get us where we want to go. It may take time, but all things do. Take it from nature on this one- all things have cycles. 

Back to Focus. It is imperative to focus on the good in each day. I am often reminded of a tale of a strawberry and a tiger chase. As my memory serves, it’s about a man who is being chased by a tiger. As he is running for his life, sweating bullets (none of them hitting the tiger, mind you), he realizes that he is running straight toward a cliff. He slows enough at the end to miss the fall and to notice a strong root protruding downward from the ledge. As the tiger fast approaches, the man scurries down the root as it quivers and rustles the loose soil. A hungry tiger above him, swiping a big paw down, teeth snarled, the man hangs from a wiggling root, facing near certain doom. He looks to his left and sees a strawberry miraculously growing from the side of this cliff. He reaches a hand out, plucks the berry from the vine, and savors it with reverence.

That’s the point. No matter what is happening around you, even if you are facing near certain doom, the sweetness of life and the magic of wonder is there, waiting on you to reach out and grab it. The berry would have done him no good had he not reached for it. Yet, in that moment, he felt all of life flood into his being and no matter what happened next- he got to cherish the berry. No matter what fears are attempting to strangle you, you always have the option to savor the sweetness that life is offering you. 

So, friends, I urge you to cherish the berries in your life and in each day. You may not even have to run from a ravenous beast to find the berry. Any way it goes, you must reach. 

What you focus on, you see more of, and what you think about becomes your reality. It’s more important now than ever to bring a little levity to it all. Let’s lighten up a bit!

Let’s talk Renaissance. 

Let’s talk Love.

Let’s talk Bliss.