Balance happens when I invite it to happen with my intentional actions and my guided perspective.

Gardening is all about optimism.

Be avid. Create apart from perfection. Risk failure. Cover your words with sweat. Run a little Touch excruciatingly. Laugh until you cry. Dance with your eyes closed. Care. Understand you die a little in every moment. Be Enlivened

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.

Manage through the uncertainties. Practice appropriate actions and participate in healthy choices. Value and celebrate the loyalty of the individuals around you: celebrate their competencies and successes, as well as your own. Build up your circle and reinforce it at every opportunity.

As the evening beckons with the promise of tomorrow... may your gratitude rise up and with strength answer, "yes."