This is a message I received this morning. It is a beautiful day on planet Earth, and we are blessed. S.B. “You are never alone, but you are All One…Your ego may feel a sense of loneliness, a sense of abandonment or separation, which is the effect of your choice...

If you can stay centered when the world around you sways…If you can breathe instead of brace…trust instead of tighten andreturn to your Heart even when old patterns call your name – If you can hold your frequency steadywhile others lose theirs to some dramaand still offer compassion without collapsing...

by Zhander P'ng I want to say this plainly, even if it makes people uncomfortable. I am neurotic. I overthink. I spiral. I feel urgency where others feel patience. I see ten steps ahead and panic when it feels like no one else is moving. And for most of my life, this has made my...

Gratitude is the wine for the soul. Go on. Get drunk! — Rumi They give me tips on how to live— Save your money, forgive, forgive. But I tip my glass to a different creed, Dancing on edges, chasing need. In tulip fields where the wild winds ran, A Dutch girl dreamt...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, December 20 to 31 Monday This will be the last whole week of Vallarta Mirror. It doesn't make me sad one bit. I made a note in my daytimer that the Rearview Mirror is two years old today. It will have two more publications...

“Among my earlier, fond memories are two regarding this great spice. The first is breakfast with buttered toast topped with crunchy, baked sugar and Cinnamon, melted and melded, right out of the oven. The second recollection - during the sixth grade – was that of soaking toothpicks in Cinnamon...

"Who's being naughty or nice" - An early Christmas Gift from Yeshua... "Greetings, beloved brothers and sisters, I wish to speak with you today about sin.  There are many expressions about it. You've probably heard, “The wages of sin is death.” But sin is woven into many conversations —the idea of...

I’m off to Lulu's this morning to meet up with some foreign friends. A couple of Ukrainians have come down from Mexico City, and an Israeli writer friend is visiting from Guadalajara. I’ve always loved that Mexico is a country that takes people in; in the early 30s, it was...

This piece is for Sofia. And for Carmen, whose dancing brings morning light to the park in Puerto Vallarta. E.Z.Years ago, in a classroom far from home, she was my student - a poet, a swimmer, a soul who carried more couragethan most will ever know.She faced a world...

Dill was incorporated in cooking as a culinary herb in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, used in the Middle Ages to protect against witchcraft and, infused in wine, to enhance passion! It’s thought of as a good luck symbol. Recognizing the antibiotic properties of Dill, gladiators used it on...