Hiya! Always happy to see you, when you "come up for air!"

Adulting is hard... being eternally responsible is hard, too, and it wears on us (I believe) because we watch so many around us not give a damn about anything but themselves... and not in a healthy self-care sort of way.

Lately, I have been exploring the way authenticity can be like an onion; many layers to peel away... we think we are there but then discover cognitive blind spots we've perhaps even "given names" that actually are little more than a smoke screen over deeper parts of the well.

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said:

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment!"

And it's worth striving for!

Ramble, ramble, ramble...

Life — and happiness — is a tapestry of moments, many most of them small; a smile from a stranger, a purring cat, a perfect marinara sauce, a glance exchanged with someone, a kind word on a tough day. Often we overlook them, because we're trapped in what feels like much bigger woes.

Let's keep learning and growing!

xo