Lake Time

If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you know that I spend a few minutes every morning at the lake near my home. I immerse myself in the nature that surrounds me, pray, get still and calm my mind before the work day begins. I’ve found myself going earlier and earlier to the lake each day.

The above pictures show how serene things have been at the lake the past few mornings. I’ve NEEDED this serenity because inwardly I’ve festered with chaos. How blessed I am. Rarely do I leave this place of gratitude and now as the war within settles down, I can again embrace all that I know to be true of the Universe. It is kind. And all is well.

I sincerely hope you have a quiet place to go each and every day to prepare yourself for the onslaught of life. This lake ritual of mine keeps me sane, not just sane but wholly wondrous of what the day will bring.

And, yes, that IS a gator cruising along in the above picture.

HAVE A BLESSED AND GLORIOUS DAY!

Go Deep

I am such a blessed woman. Nearly every morning of the work week, I drive the block and a half to the lake near my house to apply my make-up for the day. It starts my day off in beauty and serenity. I’m able to sit in the stillness that only nature can provide.




As human beans, most of us live in a place of repetitive and conditioned thinking. Our minds take us back again and again to the broken record of repetitive thought. This is why I love coming to the lake each morning and immersing myself in the sights, sounds and smells of nature. That’s never a repetitive experience and here I am free to go beyond myself. The movement of the water, the tree branches, water grasses and the birds remind me of the ever-changingness of life.




There is a grey heron that seemingly waits for me every morning. Shortly after I arrive, he departs, but not before he has looked at me directly, admonishing me to go about my day with the awareness that it might be my last but also with the carefree light-heartedness as if it were my first. And then he flies away, leaving me to choose. I look forward every morning to my few moments with that bird. He reminds me that I can decide “how then shall I live”.




I challenge you to reach down DEEP, beyond thought…to that place that is still and free…free of the hamster-on-the-wheel repetitive thought, free of judgment…free to just be.

“Meditation brings wisdom, lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path to wisdom.”

Buddha