Today began my public daily meditation practice on the renee.love facebook page.  

Honestly, I'm a little nervous about doing this.  Why?  I'm not sure.  It is me, sitting in silence with whoever shows up or watches later . . . I'm offering myself in a vulnerable way.  That is what makes me a tad nervous.  

I'm almost to the point where I don't really care what people think . . . most of the time I'm in that place . . . but doubt creeps in every so often.  

If you want to set up a meditation in 2018, you know where to find me --> here.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

That's grace.

To lift up when it is much easier to put down.

That's grace.

To not return unkindness with unkindess but instead meet it with love.

That's grace.

To listen when I'd rather talk.

That's grace.

To stand in their shoes.

That's grace.

Tonight I was as graceful as a gazelle.  It doesn't always work out this way.  Typically, more like a bull in a china shop.  

Tonight I needed to be full on graceful, breathing in calm and exhaling any stress that I felt.  Soon I was breathing in calm and exhaling love.  I'm sure that is what gazelles do.

The holy space of struggle.

Struggle is a sacred space between you and the Divine to work out a solution.

Kindness in words creates confidence.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness is giving creates love.

Lao Tzu

I have this quote framed in my house and I read it every day.  It gives me a moment to check in and ask myself if I'm being kind in my words, thoughts, and deeds.

 We are all walking the path back home and people join us along the way. Some people stay longer than others but each of us assists one another in a purposefully way.

When I worked the graveyard shift in the nursing home, LeEtta a dementia patient, worked my shift with me.  She stayed up all night telling me jokes.  LeEtta and I journeyed together for over a year. 

The day I came to work and her room was empty, I cried.  It was the longest night of work.  I never said goodbye to my funny friend.  But you know what?  The goodbye doesn't matter nearly as much as our first Hello.

The first Hello equals the first step on our journey together.  There really aren't any goodbyes because her spirit continues to walk with me.