Degrees of Forgiveness?

Originally posted on Hiking Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica Mountains:
Recently, I’ve had the “forgiveness” conversation with people. I’ve heard a common theme that troubles me. People seem to have varying degrees of forgiveness.  It seems that some things are acceptable to forgive yet others are not so acceptable.  Gosh, that doesn’t sound like forgiveness…

Feathers Find Me

Originally posted on Hiking Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica Mountains:
It’s amazing the thoughts and beliefs we hold onto. Even long after we are adults and can clear the clutter of the limiting beliefs we’ve been taught, there are still some beliefs that hang on. Lately I have been walking by lots of feathers lying on…

The Hike of Your Life

Originally posted on Hiking Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica Mountains:
The hike of your life… If you’ve ever gone on a long, hot, arduous hike, you know how closely it relates to life.   Sometimes it’s really high and challenging and other times it is low, boring and mundane. Life is a lot like a…

Good Vibrations!

My dog decided to run out of the gate when it opened.  This is something Sebastian has done before but always returns within 20 minutes.  Usually, we just know he’ll be coming home soon and he does.  He just needs to run wild and get a thrill.  This time though, after two hours had passed,

Please Forgive Me

I am at Peace.  My father is at Peace.  My father died a couple weeks ago.  I grew up without a father.  I only met him in person 4 times. I was 10 when my mother drove us across Country from Michigan to California to visit him and meet him for the first time. As

Hello world!

I live in an incredible place.  I appreciate everything in my day.  I focus on what I have and what I can do and I turn away from what is wrong with the world.  If I chose to focus on what is wrong, I’m thinking there wouldn’t be a whole lot of time left to