by Anni Johnston | Dec 12, 2021 | 2021B
Life. There are a thousand teachers who claim they have the secret to it. Counselors and therapists will provide us with the skills for it. Sages, philosophers, and Guru’s will guide us through it. Yet ultimately, we each must show up to our own life. Good, bad, or...
by Anni Johnston | Nov 21, 2021 | 2021B
“Stop. Please, just stop.” David Carse, “Perfect, Brilliant, Stillness. The next lines which followed the above quote were: “Stop talking, stop objecting. Just for a momentlet quietness happen.Notice how you cannot do that, you cannot bring that about. Notice how...
by Anni Johnston | Sep 21, 2021 | 2021B, Connection
The other evening, I sat down for dinner at my friends Abby and Frankie’s house. Their story has always fascinated me. Abby and Frankie met as freshmen at the University of Florida. Abby’s family was originally from Manhattan, Jewish, and Frankie’s family were Cuban,...
by Anni Johnston | Aug 18, 2021 | 2021B, Happiness
Life has a way of expanding in unexpected ways. There are periods when everything just clicks, and happiness flows freely. It’s an experience that feels light, unburdened, and deeply fulfilling. For the first time in nearly 60 years, I’ve found myself not collapsing...
by Anni Johnston | May 19, 2021 | 2021B, Connection
There it was, despite being 3,000 miles away, and almost ready to buy a perfectly good home nearby, a place literally popped up on my realtors screen while we were about the make the final choice between two homes that had been considered for the past week. Instantly...
by Anni Johnston | Mar 10, 2021 | 2021B
“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” Ralph Waldo Emerson In a world full of distractions, it can often feel like the beauty we seek is out of reach. We search for it in faraway places, in grand moments,...
