There is so much that has bubbled around in my thoughts this past week - so many directions I could go in sharing insight, thoughts, emotions over what this past week has thrown up in front of us. But this calmed my turbulent thoughts. This helped gather things together for me and so I'm just going to share it as I found it with the hope you will feel a calm settle in where you need it most too. Happy Aloha Friday xoxo Welmoet Thank you to Sandra Hoapili McGuinness from Makawao, Hawaii From 365 Tao Daily Meditations,Todayʻs Tao Meditation: Repetition So apropos to my kuleana for this week.... Repetition My prayer beads are strung on my life span. I am not allowed to skip a single bead: S

“Always do what you are afraid to do.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson * Being in a relationship provides wonderful ways to grow and included is the growth we experience through challenge -- in how we show up for one another, how we are vulnerable with one another, and how we adapt to or avoid clear ways of communicating. One suggestion by Kyle Benson (who writes for The Gottman Institute’s blog) is to include a weekly meeting with your beloved where you reflect on the preceding week. Begin with discussing the things that have gone right sets a tone wherein both people will be more open and receptive. So start by expressing 5 things that you appreciate about the other person as pertains to that partic