by Lisa McCrohan | Jan 14, 2012 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe
My birthday is coming up. I woke up with the prompting to write a letter to myself. I’d highly recommend trying this on your next birthday. Dear Lisa, On your 38th birthday… Ahhhhh….Dear One, happy birthday! Do you remember when you were little, on a hot August day,...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 31, 2011 | Cultivating Compassion, Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe
I loved having a “word” for the year. For 2011, I had three! Soften, strengthen, and forgive changed me. They took up residence in me, stretched me, and shifted things within me and in my life. Here’s what happened: Soften. I softened my judgment, my...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 26, 2011 | Happiness, Delight, Joy, Awe
I dropped my camera. Right before all the action began on Christmas Eve. We were walking in the woods behind my parents’ house, investigating a huge tree that had fallen over and was completely hollow inside. The rest of my family was at home playing...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 14, 2011 | Soulful Poetry
Birthing Something new is emerging wanting to be birthed has wanted waited patiently to be in the light for so long now no longer okay with laying dormant no longer necessary it is ready NOW. I know labor the waves of contractions trembling me moaning me into this...
by Lisa McCrohan | Dec 7, 2011 | Mindfulness in Everyday Life
Third grade music class. Our teacher asked us to share our musical talents. Only problem: I didn’t play any musical instrument. I didn’t dance (wait for it!). I “only” played soccer. Buuuuuut, it never entered my head that that was a...
