Love Note #5: Love & Gratitude

I have found that exploring, discovering, grappling with, and deepening gratitude has offered me a more generous way of living into love. Gratitude is love in action. Yesterday, I more intentionally practiced gratitude, even though I wasn’t feeling good. My body was tired, I had some demanding deadlines, and I just felt discouraged. So, I…

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Love Note #1

While walking through the park last Sunday afternoon, holding my husband’s hand, hearing the sparrow’s song, and lifting my eyes to the tops of the trees, I could feel the urge in my heart to pour out more love into the world. At that moment, I had the inspiration to send out a series of…

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How Our Special Places Connect Us to Gratitude

This past July, I decided to leave the San Francisco summer fog, and head across the Golden Gate Bridge to a retreat center in warm Marin county. The Santa Sabina Retreat Center, tucked away in a corner of the Dominican College campus, feels likes a large home, with 40 single bedrooms surrounding a lovely courtyard with…

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