The End of a Decade

As I look back on this year, and even more so, this past decade, I realize how much as changed and how much keeps changing... how the outer experience of the world actually never stops changing. As the world becomes more and more fast paced, the changes are happening so quick that we can barely keep up with them! Amidst the good, bad, ugly, beautiful... birth, death, light, dark, I find it especially important to recognize that each and every thing in this life is transient... from the food we prepare each day, to the intimate relationships we share with our family and friends. They will ebb and flow in and out of our lives to teach us something and to show us those parts deep in our heart that are forever unchanged. Yes, deep within each of us there is an unchanging unwavering love begging to permeate your life experience.

Whatever it takes for you to get in touch with that love, do it. If you don't know what it is, learn how to ask for it. Maybe it's your morning cup of coffee... maybe it's not. Maybe it is simply sharing a quiet moment by yourself...

I know today when I am preparing Parmesan Cheese Straws and Chocolate Shortbread Bars for my New Years Eve party, I will settle down, relax and enjoy this moment exactly as it is with the wisdom that life is only made up of these little moments.

Love,

C