I may have already shared the above photo, yet I think the sentiment is of utmost importance as we move through the busy holiday season and into a new year. 

While driving with my mother a few days ago we were talking about how it is we have no idea what is going on inside the houses we were passing. Never mind the fact those people had houses! They might be people who are hungry, angry, scared, or alone. They might be pregnant and tired or abused and scared. They might well be inside creating art or music, cooking fabulous treats for loved ones. The thing is we don't know. 

We don't know what others need. 

I'm hoping we''ll think to ask, listen, do something tiny to keep the ripples of hope going. It truly takes less energy to be positive than to be negative. And it carries so much more joy! To this I toast, make a wish, and ask you to do the same. 

xo

The mornings have turned cooler ~ the grasses and flowers are putting themselves to rest. So, above ~ a photo ~ a reminder of what was and what will happen yet again. But next we move on to frost on the pumpkins (if we had any). The dog sleeps in! I wake early and sit in the envelope of darkness ~ I wait and watch slow slivers of morning arrive. The reflections on the windows erase images of me and open to what is possible in the beyond. My hands come away cold when I press them to the glass ~ Nothing stays the same. Here's to what is next ~ may it hold us each and all in love. xo