Pathways To Wholeness~ Healing Arts for Mind, Body & Spirit

09/09/2026

"In life, there are three things you should always carry with you:
• Humility — so you never think of yourself as better than others.
• Courage — so you can face any situation with dignity.
• Wisdom — so you know when to stay silent in the face of foolishness.
Simple truths. Powerful lessons. Timeless values." (Interesting world)

Life’s journey is best navigated not with a heavy load, but with a few essential virtues that ground us in our humanity.

Humility reminds us that we are but a small part of a vast world, keeping our hearts open to learning from everyone we meet. It is the anchor that prevents arrogance from taking root, ensuring we never mistake our achievements for a measure of our worth.

Courage is the inner strength that allows us to stand firm in the face of fear and adversity, not by being fearless, but by acting with integrity and grace even when our hands are trembling.

And finally, wisdom teaches us the most profound lesson of all: that not every thought needs to be spoken. It is the discernment to know when silence is more powerful than speech, protecting our peace from the chaos of foolishness and allowing us to choose our battles with intention.

Together, these three virtues form a quiet but mighty armor, guiding us toward a life of dignity, respect, and inner peace.

Mitra

09/05/2026

WHY DO YOU YELL AT A PERSON WHEN YOU ARE ANGRY?
A Tibetan story tells that one day an old wise man asked his followers the following: - Why do people yell at each other when they are angry?
The men thought for a few moments:
-Because we lose our cool – said one – that's why we scream.-
-But why yell when the other person is next to you? - Asked the wise man - Is it not possible to speak to him in a low voice? Why do you yell at a person when you're angry?
The men gave some other answers but none of them satisfied the sage.
Finally he explained:
-When two people are angry, their hearts go far apart. To cover that distance they must yell to hear each other, the angrier they are, the louder they will have to yell to hear each other over that great distance.
Then the sage continued:
– What happens when two people fall in love? They don't yell at each other but talk to each other softly because their hearts are very close, the distance between them is very small.
The wise man smiled and said:
When they fall even more in love, what happens? They don't speak, they just whisper and become even closer in their love. Finally they don't even need to whisper, they just look at each other and that's it.
This is how close two people are when they love each other...
Then he said:
-When you argue, don't let your hearts drift away, don't say words that distance you further, there may come a day when the distance is so great that you can no longer find your way back...
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02/21/2026

If the mountain seems too big today
then climb a hill instead;
If the day ahead feels heavy and your plans feel like a curse,
There’s no shame in rearranging,
don’t make yourself feel worse
A day is not a lifetime.
A rest is not defeat.
Don’t think of it as failure,
Just a quiet, kind retreat.
It’s okay to take a moment
From an anxious, fractured mind.
The world will not stop turning
While you get realigned!
The mountain will still be there
When you want to try again
You can climb it in your own time,
Just love yourself till then.

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02/18/2026

The Journey of Life

Set a destination, and let the path unfold.

Let your feet follow your heart.

Regard detours and delays as opportunities to experience something new.

Turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.

Find balance by not only standing still, but by moving with integrity and regard for yourself and others.

Know that you can always get to the next step from wherever you are.

Make an occasional leap of faith - and if you have short legs, borrow some wings!

Know that in the sky of your heart, all destinations are reachable.

While you are busy getting wherever you are going, turn around every so often to give whoever's behind you a hand.

Expect nothing. Be ready for anything. And everything will be possible.

~terah cox

10/13/2025

When someone is drowning, that’s not the time to teach them how to swim.

Sometimes people don’t need advice.
They don’t need a lesson.
They don’t need you to explain how they ended up in the water.

They need you to reach out your hand.
They need to know someone sees them, that someone cares enough to pull them out first.

You can teach later.
You can talk about how to stay afloat once they’re breathing again.
But in the middle of the storm?
What they need most is compassion, not correction.

Because when a person is fighting just to keep their head above water,
your empathy might be the only thing that saves them.

©️Caty Sanders

08/13/2024

When you walk, look in five directions:
Look straight because you have to move forward.
Look back to remember where you are coming from.
Look on either side of you to see who are the people that are going to be with you, if you need them.
Look down to make sure you walk respectfully on the earth and do not step on anyone.
Look up and know that you are loved beyond measure by something greater than yourself 💜

04/08/2024

IN TRANSIT

Sometimes we have to go through transitional stages as we release an old way of being, an old relationship or an old life.

Sometimes it can be like sitting in a train station waiting for a train and having no idea where we are going, we may not even be sure of which direction...

This meantime experience can be quite frustrating because our tendency is to want to feel secure, want to feel that we are on purpose, but it is a valuable stage in our transformational process because while we are sitting at the train station feeling impatient and worried, there is an internal synthesis taking place that is prompting us to hold space for ourselves, to relax the inner critic and instead review our life, figure out our new priorities, be honest about the people we want to be with and what we truly love to do, and most importantly, make complete closure by digesting our past in a wholesome way extracting the gold of the lessons learnt.

Sitting in the train station gives us an opportunity to read the destinations of each train that arrives, and eventually one will beckon to us and we'll get on that train and discover the new vistas that are aligned with our soul purpose.

If you find yourself in a holding space such as this, try to surrender and relax into it, trust that there is good reason for it, take care of yourself and take time to tune into your internal cues.

Resisting it will only prolong the discomfort of the Mean Time.
~Caroline de Lisser~

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

03/23/2024

How brave you are for slowing down. For not finishing that to-do list.
How courageous you are for not crossing that finish line, because your body said “enough.”
How fearless you are for choosing the quiet of your soul over those voices driving you always towards more.
How bold, how rebellious -
you, out there,
honoring your own natural rhythm,
going against the culture’s breakneck speed.
We tend to make heroes of those hungry with ambition, relentlessly doing, producing always more.
We applaud those who refuse to stop or rest. Who push themselves so hard in the name of achievement, that they sacrifice their body and soul and heart in the process. We celebrate those who are ill or aging but never show it, never slow down, never reveal a moment of vulnerability.
This drivenness can be heroic, at times. It can be necessary for our survival or the greater good.
But,
I want to make heroes of those who slow down.
I want to make heroes of those who listen to their bodies, who do not strive for more than what the soul truly needs.
I want to make heroes of those who do not force or push, but surrender to each moment as it opens.
I want to applaud those who may not be driven towards success as we know it, but instead are nurturing something deep and subtle and needed.
I want to celebrate those brave enough to cease all doing, even for a second, and sit with the ache in their hearts. A task many find harder than summiting the highest peak.
I want to make heroes of those who honor their limitations.
Who are unable to keep up with the busy-ness of our times, yet show up to each profound, necessary moment.
It is truly an act of courage and rebellion to do any such thing, in a world demanding you resist your own self, your own rhythm, your own soul.
And the paradox is, that often when we cease our incessant doing, even for a minute, and listen to that quiet voice within, we discover what it is we absolutely must do, and what instead can fall away.
We finally hear the call towards what serves our soul, and what then will serve the world. Nothing more, nothing less.
A hero is simply someone brave.
So come, be softly brave.
Be a new, quieter kind of hero.
Few may applaud, it’s true,
but your soul certainly will ...

Leyla Aylin

07/25/2022

One morning she woke up different.
Done with trying to figure out who was with her and who was against her. She was done with anything that didn’t bring her peace. She realized that opinions were a dime a dozen and validation was for parking.
She had come to realize that life was way to short to leave the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket~ Wild Women Sisterhood

01/04/2021