First Impressions and Second Chances
~ Guest Writer, Julia Rael ~ What Boba Taught Me About Forgiveness Life is full of firsts. The first time I drove a car was a monumental day in my life. The first time I went to a job interview was traumatizing and exciting. And the first time I tried surfing was an...
The Ostrich
~ Guest Writer, Kathlene Mc Govern ~ That one weird ostrich on a delightful little chicken farm A couple years ago I went back to college so I can say without equivocation nothing will make you feel more ancient than your lab partner skateboarding by you in a tube...
Waves of Change
~ Guest Writer, M. Eileen Hickey ~ A fresh start often follows in the misshapen footsteps of an ending. Beginnings and endings can be fraught with a frothy mess of emotion. Waves of grief, sadness, and hopelessness wash ashore. Then towering waves of...
Sam Toft Mentioned You In A Comment
~ Guest Writer, Myra Slotnick ~ The other day, someone I follow on Facebook, someone I admire, mentioned me in a comment. This may not sound like much but there is a story…I discovered her in the form of a greeting card years ago here in Provincetown, where I...
Connected
The sky through the leaves, the sound of a dog barking, the color of the sunlight through the window shade. Look. Take it in for a minute. Breathe. Know you are connected right now and always.Let your smile come out. insidewink’s weekly affirmations: Positive...
The No-Nest Syndrome
I never wanted children. I never wanted children. While everyone around me was planning and having families, I was on a course of my own, wanting to be free and experience life to the fullest, not wanting to be responsible for anyone else other than myself. It...
Trump is bringing us all together!
Spiritual Healer, William Linville, gives a lighthearted view on the politics of Trump; how it is a good thing for the Universe! _____ Have You Seen … True compassion is not about doing and fixing. Are you truly compassionate?TRUE COMPASSION...
Home Is Where…
~ Guest Writer, Maddalena Beltrami ~ According to Mr. Webster, a noun is a person, a place or a thing. I posit that a home can be all three. Inside the bricks and mortars of our youth, midlife and later and greater years, it holds the people we love and sometimes...
Laugh
LAUGH TODAY. A little, a lot, for a minute, for an hour, with a friend, alone. LAUGH. GIGGLE. GUFFAW. SMILE. At a complete stranger – smile today. Let those pearly whites gleam. Make someone’s day. insidewink’s weekly affirmations: Positive...
Artist of the Month – Emilia Hagen
“Art feels like a conversation I get to have with countless people every day.” – Emilia Hagen, insidewink’s artist of the month Who or what inspires you? I draw the most inspiration from the people around me. It might sound a little cliche but...
Fanny Walked The Earth – When We Need Her
Paving the way for female rockers for generations to come, this group, Fanny Walked The Earth, is the first all-female rock band to sign a record deal ever in 1969.
Train
You can almost hear the uncoupling. “Your mother has 3 weeks to live.” You can feel the lift off. “You’re pregnant.” You can sense the profundity. “You didn’t get the job.”
At that moment, you know that the path, the journey, the track you are on is changing
Ellen Grace O’Brian on Forgiveness
At her spiritual center in San Jose, CA. called the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, Ellen Grace O’Brian shares her insights on self-forgiveness, a topic that relates to us all.
Same Ol’
Recently, I read this quote from Mary Pickford, “You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” Now that’s a quote I respect! A new beginning is...
Twin Beds, a Rug and a Screw
When life gets rocky, people often say, “The honeymoon is over.” When mine was over, I was secretly relieved. ~ Guest Writer, Elin Hampton ~ My brand new husband and I arrived in Turkey half a day after vowing to stay together for better or worse. After a long...
New Beginnings Are Not For Wimps
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ New beginnings. Why don’t we just call them New, “What again?!”-ses. Because isn’t life like that? A series of downs and ups? These days we hear a lot about failure being such a great thing. How...