by Lesley | May 26, 2025 | Creativity, Relationships, Surrender |
I’m on the court, a ball flying toward me. It bounces, and I swing my paddle, making contact. The ball arcs over the net and lands near the baseline, and I rush forward. Bam, bam, bam, it zooms back and forth…until it bounces out of my reach, and I lose the point. An...
by Lesley | Apr 29, 2025 | courage, Soul, Surrender |
Recently, I killed a squirrel—intentionally. I was walking our dog, Lester, along a country road near our house, when suddenly he scared up the little cutie. He tore after it, racing through a thicket of trees, and then back toward me, where the squirrel ducked...
by Lesley | Mar 4, 2025 | Beloved, bliss, Creativity, Devotion |
The world seems to be crumbling alliances disappearing the few grabbing power the many paying the price with their sweat and blood. Mind yells, “Charge into the fray, change it all, protect freedom!” Soul knows differently. It sees the true dictator within....
by Lesley | Dec 10, 2024 | Creativity, Devotion, Surrender |
It starts as a quiet whisper a little voice telling me how I’ve been wronged. I cock my head to listen, and the words quicken, anxious like a bird’s heartbeat in the palm. Soon, I am seduced into a hurricane of thoughts. They rush and swirl, twirl me around until I’m...
by Lesley | Oct 28, 2024 | courage, Creativity, Devotion, Surrender |
Recently, after reading a book about how to make our planet sustainable, I set a matrix to volunteer some of my writing to that cause. Within a few weeks, a call came in from a nonprofit asking me to create a film script to help save some tropical rainforest. I...