What a beautiful autumn we experienced this year. Autumn is the season of letting go. Just as autumn leaves gently fall away to make room for spring new growth, what are one or two things that no longer serve you that you can let go of in order to embrace your new self and your Higher Self? What are the 10 most important things in your life at this time? Only you can answer these two … [Read more...] about Letting Go and Trust
Writings
Back To School
Children are back in school now. What are your memories of going back to school? My memories of returning to school is of the taste of raw chestnut in my mouth, the smells of wax from our wooden desk, chalk from the board and dark purple ink. In my village, the elementary school was located in the Renaissance castle from the 1500. We walked on the original wood floors, just a few centuries … [Read more...] about Back To School
A Great Gathering
Today I wanted to share with you one of my very favorite Far-Eastern stories! A Great Gathering. Once the Creator had a gift but also wanted to conceal it. At a great gathering the Creator asks where to hide it from the humans. The soaring eagle flies low and offers to hide it on the moon. No, that won't do as one day they will go on the moon and will find it. The great buffalo pawing on the … [Read more...] about A Great Gathering
The Reward of Patience
Have you ever wondered what the reward of patience is? When we exercise patience, do we receive what we are hoping for? What do we have in mind? What are our expectations? During my childhood in France, there was not a lot of patience. In this family of seven, sometimes even eight or nine, we would live in chaos. One of the two leading members had no patience and the other … [Read more...] about The Reward of Patience
The Powerful Effects of Letting Go
SHHH…. She is meditating… One day, when my children were respectively eleven and three, I experienced the powerful effect of letting go. Everyone benefited from it. It came as a surprise to my oldest who on this specific day was pushing my buttons. Not just once or twice. In his diligence, he was pushing all of them. You know, one of those trying days. At the kitchen … [Read more...] about The Powerful Effects of Letting Go
Mumbai, India-2005
Unedited excerpt from my memoir. ©2019 Sylvaine Francine When I first arrived on campus, the girls’ building was at full capacity, could not accommodate me. Instead, I was sent to the boys’ dorm to settle in a small apartment on the fourth floor. The boys, always, keep the elevator door open for me. But, even in the thick of the heat and drenching humidity; I ignore the elevator and climb up … [Read more...] about Mumbai, India-2005
