I saw something on Instagram recently that reminded me of the quote above from Ekhart Tolle.  The post looked like this: This got me thinking about the power of gratitude.  The special thing about gratitude is that, when you are feeling grateful, no other emotion can exist in that moment.  It takes over your being […]

It’s been 4 years since I’ve been back to this place. This little yellow cabin in the woods, right on the edge of a still, blue lake, lined with green pine trees. I first came here right after I moved to Germany. It was my second week here I think. It felt magical. I was […]

I’m writing to you from a room with a view of the sun-drenched coast on the Baltic Sea.  This little corner of the Earth,an island off the northeastern coast of Germany,right on the border of Poland,previously would have never been in my field of vision,but it has become a routine little getaway for my family and […]