Today

Nicole Charest | lapetitedouceur.org Sometimes, we need to return to something simple – a gesture that gently brings us back to ourselves. Just for today, I choose to slow down. To not anticipate what’s coming or dwell on what’s past. Just to be fully present in...

A Blessing to be a Tool of Love’s Healing Touch

From Pierre’s book 365 Blessings to heal myself and the world We bless ourselves in our ability to see the love that undergirds all reality, whatever the material appearances to the contrary.We bless ourselves in our ability to see all with the eyes of love, saint or...

Being Still

Sandy Wilder Have you found a deep peace,a soft elation,in being still? Stillness may include: the physical restof not moving, the mental restof being present to the movement of thoughts, the emotional restof relaxing and breathing intowhatever feeling is present, the...

Changing our individual and collective destinies through blessing

Fabrice Pinel “Every time you bless… You shine a light where everyone else sees only darkness. You see opportunity where others see only a dead end… You are the promise of a new world. May beauty, goodness, and uprightness be your only concerns. It is their turn to...

Sunsets

Sunsets make for dramatic views, but there’s a subtler way to enjoy the evening sky that’s currently gaining traction: dusking. A form of mindfulness available to everyone, the ritual involves simply spending time outside to observe the dusk, or the descent of...