Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort & Joy

The next time I felt like the most beautiful woman in the world was the day our daughter was born. In these pictures I look like a beached beluga whale sitting up in a hospital bed, but I’m still beaming. The beams are what I notice now.

If I do not endow my life and my work with meaning, no one will ever be able to do it for me.

By knowingly seeking encounters with Hestia in our daily life, by letting her quiet, calm, orderly presence influence our behaviour, we can come to the awakening that there is sacred Mystery in the mundane.

television’s lure is that it reveals what we crave the most in the deepest recesses of our hearts: “a rich, new, participatory life.”

The truth is, we’re all chosen; most of us just forget to rsvp.

When you start writing the daily dialogue, you will probably be shocked at how much complaining you do at the beginning. That’s okay. Actually, that’s a very healthy reaction. You can’t moan about a situation for months and not decide to do something about it. You’ll get tired of the sound of your own nagging and be inspired to get moving.

“There’s no fun in doing nothing when you have nothing to do…. Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.”

try to include two new recipes a month.

Today, think about the colours you love. Are you surrounded by them or wearing them?