There is love all around us. There is evidence of that very love if we can only come to place of mindfulness to witness that love. Each day I am humbled when people send in pictures of their random acts of kindness and they illustrate their belief that love surrounds us always and by giving we put our faith in the Divine that through unity and harmony we shall all evolve together. Beautiful souls inspire me with their loving kindness every day. Thank you to all the lights of love that give evidence to the truth that we are all one. It only takes [...]

Nature rests comfortably in complete non-judgment of all that is. The mountain never tells the rose that she isn’t good enough, nor does the rose tell the river that she is somehow incomplete. It is only us humans who categorize and marginalize other humans. Nature places no labels on anything in the Universe, she simply accepts all that is without the need to change anything or anyone. Nature is our teacher. Nature is our guide. When we look to nature we see harmony and tranquility. When we witness nature we see acceptance. The tree doesn’t judge the wind as “bad” nor does a bird [...]

We never truly know when someone is going to waltz into our lives and make an impact that will stay with us for a very long time. I certainly didn't expect this when Joy and I landed in Philadelphia from Rome after a 10-hour flight across the pond. We landed at 3 p.m. and our connection back home to Dallas was not scheduled to take off until 9 p.m. so as we deboarded the plane as opposed to going right to the Admiral's Club to spend the next 5 or so hours killing time I suggested to Joy that we try to catch an earlier [...]

When the sun rises on Rome a new city is born. Rome leaves behind her nighttime alter ego and becomes a much different city in the daytime. The tourists come out during the day pointing their cameras at everything that resembles history and the locals try and sell them every trinket under the sun in order to make a euro. Rome welcomes everyone and knows that she will be standing long after both the tourists and even the locals are long gone. Rome is a survivor. When you have been around as long as Rome there is nothing to prove. The Coliseum stands as [...]

There is simply nothing as magical as an evening train ride through Europe. Some of the pictures on Instagram are just spectacular! This was a first for Joy, she had never taken a train in Europe and as our train departed the Venice train station we were filled with excitement as we sped through the night to Rome. This trip is one that many may only do once in a lifetime so, suffice to say, it wasn't cheap. The first twenty minutes of the trip took place in a tunnel under the water that surrounded Venice. I can’t help but marvel at the pure [...]

Venice waits for her demise like a ship whose hull has been breached and has only a few hours before it is submerged completely underwater. I didn’t really think much of this as Joy and I boarded a city bus to take us to the water taxis that awaited the arrival of a mix of tourists and locals as they prepared to join the doomed on this sinking city. Joy and I were only halfway into our bus ride when we mistakenly exited the airport bus 20 minutes early at a stop where only locals seemed to get off. We were sitting on the [...]