Kindness is Your Superpower
When we think about our purpose in life, it's tempting to want to list impressive goals and accomplishments. We want to know we are here...
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Mary Davis
- Jul 7, 2018
Connecting with Your Guardian Angel
I've always been an "angel person." My mom too. When I was growing up, visits by angels and spirits were considered a natural part of...
Mary Davis
- Jun 26, 2018
Slow Down: Today Is a Gift
“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” From one of my heroes, Maya Angelou, this beloved quote illustrates how she...
Mary Davis
- May 14, 2018
14 Steps to Calm
A friend called yesterday and shared how she was suffering from daily anxiety and panic attacks. She was the third person to relay a...
Mary Davis
- Mar 3, 2018
The Beauty Within
If you woke up today feeling less than beautiful, remember, that no matter what is going on with you, the soul is always beautiful and...
Mary Davis
- Oct 30, 2017
Gratitude and Goodbyes
I wake at dawn, wrap in a blanket and head out to soak in the last sights and sounds rising up from this sleepy, hallowed ground. Today...
Mary Davis
- Oct 23, 2017
A Froggy Hallelujah
My tinnitus came on gradually as a result of a long music career standing next to a guitar amp and in front of a drum kit. (I don't blame...
Mary Davis
- Oct 16, 2017
Follow Your Own Star
Yesterday, as I was peacefully writing, four horses stampeded down the hill from the farm next door, just a few yards from the window,...
Mary Davis
- Oct 9, 2017
I Am Not My Breasts
Decked out in their finest, Mom and Dad were on their way down Route A1A in Florida to an anniversary party at an elegant yacht club....
Mary Davis
- Oct 2, 2017
Love Is Who We Are
I have long held on to the belief that we live in a benevolent universe where the power of good far outweighs the power of evil. In the...
Mary Davis
- Sep 25, 2017
Joy and the Coffee Cake
As I sit in the morning sun considering ways to celebrate joy in small things, I imagine a colorful tube reaching from the sky to me....
Mary Davis
- Sep 18, 2017
Trust and the Fawns
The squirrels are collecting and burying nuts; the horses are circling the field in the rain; the leaves are beginning the long slow...
Mary Davis
- Sep 4, 2017
My Manager and the God Box
My mother, who we affectionately call "Tiny Guru" for her small stature and great spirit, takes pride in being my manager. There’s...
Mary Davis
- Aug 28, 2017
Kindness and the Skunk
A few days ago from the writing window a rustling caught my eye. Heading straight for me was a large, limping skunk with a very puffy...
Mary Davis
- Aug 21, 2017
Starting Over with the Sunrise
This morning I wrap in a blanket and pad out the back door to be with the sunrise.
The early birds begin in the dark with tentative melodie
Mary Davis
- Aug 14, 2017
The Art of Listening
Speaking our truth is one of the best ways to get to know ourselves. Many a heart can be healed by the simple act of uncensored...
Mary Davis
- Aug 7, 2017
Faith and the Comet
Tiny pieces of the tail of a comet grazed my house last night. Yours too. They may as well have landed on the roof. Fiery, wish-worthy,...
Mary Davis
- Jul 31, 2017
More Gratitude, Less Worry
Soon after I moved here, I noticed something of grave concern: There were wasp nests under many of the eves of the cabin. Most were...
Mary Davis
- Jul 24, 2017
Befriending The Dark
The first time I came home to the cabin after dark and shut off my lights at the end of the long gravel driveway, I sat in dread. This...
Mary Davis
- Jul 17, 2017
Lessons From A Fire-Breathing Bull
I crossed the one-lane bridge and caught site of the enormous black bull who lives in a bucolic field next to a lake on Hunters Road....
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