When was the last time you allowed your mind to get really quiet?

This past weekend I again headed off to a remote location in southern Colorado to get my head quiet for a couple of days at a retreat with 12 other women. I have been doing this retreat with this wonderful group of ladies for the past 3 years.

This morning as I write to you, I am grappling with the whole idea of perfection. I have been challenged over the past few weeks with grasshoppers, Japanese beetles and earwigs that have decided they like my garden as well.

What do you feel when you are feeling - most of the time?

Are you happy, peace filled, grateful, or perhaps sad, stressed out, or feeling that the world or someone in it is out to get you?

What does independence mean to you?

When does work become fun and fun become work? That is a question I have been asking myself this past week as I continue on my quest to find what my new normal in life looks like.

What is one thing in your life right now that you have put off dealing with for one reason or another?

What helps you to feel rooted in your life? What gives you those ahh moments where everything seems to be in place just as they should be? Maybe not perfect by some standards but enough to put a smile on your face and in your heart each day.

The suitcases are unpacked, and now the month of May is a beautiful memory that I am slowly but surely unpacking as well. As I do this unpacking, I am relishing in the celebration of a month full of so much love and adventure.

I started writing this letter in 1999 because I wanted to remember to look for the good in the world every Monday morning. Little did I know that the words I have written here would become such a friend to me, much like those of you who have been reading along with me for all these years.