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Learning and Growth

by Patricia Petro

learning

Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors —Louisa May Alcott I'm astounded by people who want to "know" the universe when it's ... Read more

Filed under growth, learning, quotes.

Letting Go

by Patricia Petro

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. —Buddha Of ... Read more

Filed under letting go, quotes.

Life and Living

by Patricia Petro

life

It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them. —Alfred Adler When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that ... Read more

Filed under life, living, quotes.

lone • li • ness

by Patricia Petro

quiet room

if you pause to listen carefully you can hear the silence in my house fan blades whirl above to ease the buttery warmth of summer days gone wild as ... Read more

Filed under loneliness, solitude.

Loneliness

by Patricia Petro

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. —Brendan Francis I used to think the worst ... Read more

Filed under loneliness, quotes, solitude.

Love and Relationships

by Patricia Petro

heart

I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and ... Read more

Filed under love, quotes, relationships.

Loving Myself

by Patricia Petro

I wish I had always felt like this somewhere between early and late feeling pure and at peace gazing in the mirror staring hard at roots and eyes ... Read more

Filed under loving yourself.

Loving Yourself

by Patricia Petro

female upside down in chair

A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be ... Read more

Filed under loving yourself, quotes.

Making Mistakes

by Patricia Petro

Making mistakes simply means you are learning faster. —Weston H. Agor There is no mistake so great as the mistake of not going on. —William Blake As ... Read more

Filed under making mistakes, quotes.

Mean Brother Rising

by Patricia Petro

trapped woman

Mean brother rising like a werewolf moon from somewhere under my bed. I remember it well. I hated the price. At my expense, a month’s worth of ... Read more

Filed under divorce, infidelity, marriage.

Miracle Man

by Patricia Petro

thick woods

He stands tall beneath an emerald canopy of aged pine strong in body mind and spirit he is at one with nature dark eyes miss nothing in the wooded ... Read more

Filed under love.

Miracles

by Patricia Petro

miracle tree

Faith is to believe what you do not yet see. The reward for this faith is to see what you believe. —St. Augustine When the first baby laughed for the ... Read more

Filed under miracles, quotes.

Mommy, You OK?

by Patricia Petro

white tulips

I read somewhere once that the only way to know true happiness is to experience deep sorrow. I’ve had my share of pain. I watched my parents die and ... Read more

Filed under forgiveness.

Music

by Patricia Petro

music

When the music changes, so does the dance. —African proverb Music is harmony, harmony is perfection, perfection is our dream, and our dream is ... Read more

Filed under music, quotes.

My Heaven on Earth

by Patricia Petro

My Heaven on Earth

"All that in this delightful garden grows, should happy be, and have immortal bliss." —Edmond ... Read more

Filed under family, flowers, friends.

My Reiki Trade

by Patricia Petro

I am usually on the giving end energy there my prayer in place hands warm with gentle touch eager to please and ease the tensions of his day. Tonight ... Read more

Filed under inner peace, meditation, reiki.

Native American Symbolic Circles

by Patricia Petro

"Love settles within the circle, embracing it and thereby lasting forever, turning within itself." —Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Sioux The Sacred ... Read more

Filed under mandalas, Native American.

Native American Wisdom

by Patricia Petro

Native American chiefs

The Great Spirit is in all things: He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us; that ... Read more

Filed under Native American.

No Options

by Patricia Petro

Shattered to bits like a broken mirror scattered shards too small to fit lying in pieces like missing parts to a puzzle never found two hearts of a ... Read more

Filed under divorce.

Oceanwave

by Patricia Petro

We came together fingers laced like parts of a puzzle on me like paint on the wall shadows played my heart clung to his words dripping with honey bees ... Read more

Filed under love, sex & sexuality.

One Last Night

by Patricia Petro

“Some people think it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go.” —Sylvia Robinson Be still take care my bleeding heart the end ... Read more

Filed under love lost.

Out of Sight

by Patricia Petro

"Out of sight, out of mind." —John Heywood, 1562 While I was gone lilacs bloomed in another place a joke was told and someone laughed. Now the ... Read more

Filed under love lost.

Patience and Perseverance

by Patricia Petro

girl sitting in window

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. —John Quincy Adams We are what we ... Read more

Filed under patience, perseverance, quotes.

Poetry and Poems

by Patricia Petro

With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know myself in terms of the ... Read more

Filed under poets, quotes.

Regret

by Patricia Petro

regret

Stop the mindless wishing that things would be different. Rather than wasting time and emotional and spiritual energy in explaining why we don't have ... Read more

Filed under quotes, regret.

River Song

by Patricia Petro

I hold a piece of calm here by the shore to skim along his prose like smooth stone. . . . He says he waits for me in his world . . . He tugs and pulls ... Read more

Filed under love lost.

Senses Affected

by Patricia Petro

Disappointment is a man you wanted to love who did not feel the same. Smells like sour milk or funeral flowers. Sounds like a plead quiet and ... Read more

Filed under love lost.

Serendipity

by Patricia Petro

fresh flowers

Anticipation laced with expectations and a wary heart blinded breathless by the sunlight melted into calm ease when I saw him smile. Him—pleased? And ... Read more

Filed under love.

Silence

by Patricia Petro

silence

Give me the loneliest spot on earth, Where not a living step shall come; And not a form of human birth Shall break the quiet of my home. —Eliza ... Read more

Filed under quotes, silence.

Singing in the Rain

by Patricia Petro

It's raining . . . a cold, steady rain that wouldn't be half-bad if the wind wasn't blowing like mad. I'm choosing to stay positive. Once indoors ... Read more

Filed under positive attitude, spring.

Something Blue

by Patricia Petro

bird nest

O, the joy of spring! Look what I found tucked away in the big blue spruce in our front yard. “To find the universal elements enough; to find the ... Read more

Filed under simple pleasures, spring.

Sonrisas in June

by Patricia Petro

I have no clothes. Nothing fits. I’ve lost a little weight. OK . . . not some . . . quite a bit. They say I’m looking great. They ask me what my ... Read more

Filed under loving yourself.

Success and Failure

by Patricia Petro

Eighty percent of success is showing up. —Woody Allen Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, "Make me ... Read more

Filed under failure, quotes, success.

Talent and Creativity

by Patricia Petro

creativity

All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise. —Anne Bronte Everybody is a genius, but if ... Read more

Filed under creativity, quotes, talent.

The Child Within

by Patricia Petro

The child within sips chamomile on rowboats at tea time in petticoats pulled up to her knees while plucking petals in virgin bliss cheeks kissed by ... Read more

Filed under hope.

The Evening Sky

by Patricia Petro

sunset

In the country, the evening sky stretches as far as the eye can see. It envelopes you in shades of blue and coral awash with watercolor hues of pale ... Read more

Filed under simple pleasures.

The Falling Leaves

by Patricia Petro

Autumn falls gently crimson to gold leaves drift to blanket the earth like a mother’s loving touch tucking her child in for winter’s sleepy ... Read more

Filed under autumn.

The First Stigmata

by Susan Dane Setin

"Lean on me," she said. He frail and struggling from days on end with no sleep, now thirsty, bleeding. She, a robust woman, strong footed and ... Read more

Filed under Easter, grief & sadness.

The Language of Flowers

by Patricia Petro

During the Victorian era, people often gave each other flowers and used the "language of flowers" (sometimes called floriography) to express feelings ... Read more

Filed under flowers.

The Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

by Patricia Petro

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Filed under flowers.

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Inspiration for the Spirit is all about love—not only romantic love, but also love for our fellow man, loving life and its many wonders and, most importantly, the love of self that comes when you are truly content with the person you are ... Read more
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In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you. —Buddha
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Beginnings

love tree It had been a pivotal year for me. A bad breakup early on had left me feeling fragile and fragmented and looking inward for answers ... Read more

The Simplicity of Tea

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When I drink tea, there is only me, and the tea. The rest of the world dissolves. There are no worries about the future. No dwelling on past mistakes. ... Read more

The Language of Flowers

During the Victorian era, people often gave each other flowers and used the "language of flowers" (sometimes called floriography) to express feelings ... Read more

My Miracle Heart
A true story

Native American Wisdom

Native American chiefs

The Great Spirit is in all things: He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us; that ... Read more

Sign My Guestbook

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One of the first things you discover when you put an inspirational website online, is that a lot of people will write to you. ... Read more

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