What's Hot

We have entered the second week of 2012. When someone asked me, on Sunday, how my first week of the year had gone, I stood wide-eyed. A week? So many things had happened, how could it have been only seven days? And what would transpire during the remaining 359 days?

TWG: TWiG, Time With God. An amazing time every other Tuesday at my church, visio dei. Ardent plays worship music (to which I am starting to learn the words, which makes a bit of a difference); the bar is stocked with coffee, tea, sodas, and cute bartenders; journals are set out (although I bring my own, sometimes I also want to share words with those who might need the comfort of someone else's emotions as they have done for me); friends; peace; and words.

TWG allows me to sink into the comfort of focus and whatever that might be (singing, or relaxing on the couch, or dancing, or bleeding my heart through ink), instead of Rushing from one thought to the next, one emotion to the next, which usually reflects worry and not contemplation.

MOVEMENT: Motion is motivating. This is an important fact, which is all too often forgotten. Want to wake up? Move. Simple. Begin slowly if you must (or sometimes because it is just enjoyable).

Start with the flutter of eyelashes; remember your muscles with a simple stretch of a leg through the sheets and lengthen your torso by pushing your arms under a pillow above your head. The languid stimulation will so delight your nerves and neurons a fervor might begin in your blood. Don't stifle it, or ignore it, breathe into it and Move.

FRIENDS: A permanent fixture on the list. At the snap of a finger, a push of the send button, a drop of a tear, an uncomfortable shrug of the shoulder, a high-five with unintelligable squealing words, I am afforded love, laughter, coaching, head slaps, rejoicing, smiles, compliments, advice, truth, and time. Thank you!