"While living in L.A., where there is sunshine everyday, I began to realize I missed the seasonal changes that are noticeable on the East Coast. For most days, the climate did not change while residing in the west; the days were beautiful and warm. I never did tire of the sun....... but I longed for the seasons. Every day was the same. 

"Trust: Difficult to establish, yet so easily undone by a word, phrase, or action that plants a seed of doubt, or several. One seed, when watered and lit, will grow; Before you know it, roots establish themselves in truth or a lie, and spread........ and only a "firm grasp on reality or the divine" can pull out what has been planted. 

"Over the course of my life and in my younger days, I began to notice cycles and patterns beginning to surface after I married.  There was unidentified pain I felt and I did not know why. I was told the first year of marriage can be challenging, so I chalked it up to that. However, issues and emotions I struggled with had roots that went deep down.....

"Over the course of time and my spiritual growth, I have come to associate "life" along with the aspect of motion. Being in motion, not simply busyness or activity but in movement, makes me feel alive. I believe there is an element of "faith in action" in which I AM admonished to back up and activate my beliefs with deeds, not in the works or religious mentality, but with vigor.