There is very little poetry today.

Instead, a deep breath & some self-care.

Read on for...

• My new "Love, Delivered" project
• 7 1/2 things you can do to smile and not scream
• A little bit of poetry, of course :)

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LOVE, DELIVERED

Poetry is magic. So let’s get more out in the world. Check out my new Love, Delivered project to order a custom poem for yourself or someone you love.
 

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7 1/2 things to make you smile and not scream

1. Write a note to yourself. Close your eyes, and visualize yourself 5 years from now. Write a letter from your future self to yourself today. It’s amazing the advice & perspective we can come up with for ourselves if we can step out of our own crazy muck for a second.

2. Read good news. If you can’t stay off your phone, go read the Good News Movement on Instagram. 

3. Practice G.L.A.W. (Gratitude, Love, and Awe). One of my favorite teachers, José Stevens, taught me on a retreat that when things get crazy in my head, focusing on something I’m grateful for, something or someone I love, or something I’m in awe of about the world will bring me back into my heart (and calm me down). Try it. It sure works for me.

4. Listen to Valerie June sing “Workin’ Woman’s Blues” with her magical voice.

5. Read about cool people. My friend Terri has a powerful new book out called “Find Your Fire” that is basically 12 interviews with amazing women who are active change makers in their worlds. It’s a bestseller on Amazon and it will inspire you. (Note: I worked with her on making and launching this book)

6. Watch watercolor paint get made. You can actually watch Keiko, the awesome founder of Aloha Watercolors, make her Hawaiian honey-based watercolors. It’s where I get my watercolors from. It's some calm magic.

7. Go listen to the joy of Wilderado (aka Bird Dog) sing about the magic of love, pressing on, and new life with 4 part harmony. If you get bored with the strumming, jump to 2:52 and listen to that explosive joy :)

And the 1/2? 

LOVE DELIVERED. It’s 1/2 because it takes both of us. You choose where the love goes, I write the poems and send them out into the ether. Go check it out.