You Are Perfect: A Hospice Visit
During a hospice visit I overheard the most beautiful conversation of love.
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Every Day Spirit Blog Posts
Mary Davis
- Sep 24, 2019
How Gratitude Practice Makes You Happier
"It is not happiness that makes us grateful; it’s gratefulness that makes us happy.” - David Steindl-Rast All of us would love to live...
Mary Davis
- Sep 18, 2019
Peace and Gratitude in a Hurricane
Lessons come to us when we most need to learn them, often in surprising ways. I learned a few things recently from one of my favorite...
Mary Davis
- Mar 5, 2019
More Gratitude, Less Worry
This week, in the book and on social media, we've been talking a lot about staying in the present moment to feel better and to live...
Mary Davis
- Feb 11, 2019
Lift Your Spirits: Thoughts On Love
No matter what you’ve done or left undone, no matter who you’ve hurt or who hurt you, no matter how it might seem like an exercise in...
Mary Davis
- Jan 22, 2019
Today Is a Gift
Early this morning I opened the back door to look around. I noticed the tree limb that was broken by the bird feeder. Under the overgrown...
Mary Davis
- Dec 11, 2018
Today's Grace
One of my writing heroes, Sarah Ban Breathnach, writes in her daybook Simple Abundance, that she has never been turned down when asking...
Mary Davis
- Nov 28, 2018
A Good Morning Blessing
This morning I share with you a beautiful morning prayer, along with heartfelt wishes that your day unfolds with calm joy and hopeful...
Mary Davis
- Nov 13, 2018
Through the Eyes of Gratitude
Today, let's take a minute and slow down a little. Notice more. Breathe it all in. Give thanks. We are rich with gifts, right where we...
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
- 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
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