It’s January, a new year – and new possibilities for the garden abound. While I am not good at resolutions, I am a great note taker, and this is when I make copious lists of what needs to be done and what changes need to be made. Checking off each task as it is completed is as close to a resolution as I can get. One of the top items already noted is to include more plants that attract birds.

 Psst. The universe is working for you.

You don't have to believe that. You don't have to believe in good or evil for them to exist. But what's possible if you believe it?

I recently realized that if I pay attention, I can see and feel the universe working for me. You can call it God, Buddha, Allah, or Spirit, but if you pay attention you will find a divine grace in your corner.

There are many things for a woman to fear when she travels alone. Perhaps because it wasn’t my first time traveling alone or in Ireland, I wasn’t afraid. However, it was in this cold, dreary and majestic land that I realized I’d been living a life consumed by fear.