Category Archives: Journal

Our aim to be more mindful, loving, patient, joyous, passionate, fun Human Beings looks very different when we see, experience ourselves through a Higher, more loving perspective.

Spiritu, our 5-½ month tri-colored cocker spaniel, daily lives the Spirit of the holiday season – love, peace, joy, community, kindness, and giving from the heart.

Much of the time, our boy is a “delight”. And, when he is not, it’s most often because our communication is out of sync. Usually, I’m not understanding what he needs or wants. Sometimes, he’s “asking for a time out or time alone”; sometimes he’s hungry or needs to go outside. At the moment of our clashing, I have a choice to make. I can get into a power struggle which ends in either/or—either he gets his way or I get mine. Or, I can divert his attention and we both “win”. His unwanted behavior evaporates and he’s excited about the new diversion. We move on.