Passions & Pastimes April Eileen Passions & Pastimes April Eileen

5 Easy Ways to Receive More Love

“Consider soulmates to also be in the form of friends and animals, the wind, the tides, the plants, pieces of art, and the moon. Great love lives everywhere.”

— Victoria Erickson

If you’re anything like me, you may have trouble receiving Love and care. Here is a lovely list that may help!

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7 Bits of Beauty to Collect This Spring

“In tickly-toe grass,
a buttercup offers up
yellow nose kisses”

— Flower, Betsy Snyder

The breeze is faintly dewy. Bird song is welcomed by the golden-pink dawn. Crocuses and snowdrops dot the horizon with pigment, and something like the romantic haze of an impressionist painting begins to form. I watch intently and find myself caught in the slow, exquisitely deep inhale that is the return of Spring.

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Passions & Pastimes, Close & Connected April Eileen Passions & Pastimes, Close & Connected April Eileen

What’s Lovely on Valentine’s Day

“The authentic self is soul made visible” — Sarah Ban Breathnach

If you’ve checked out my post, Valentine’s Day: Away from B.S. and Back to Basics, you know I’m all about authentic displays of affection – displays that come from a place of genuine appreciation. I’ve been thinking about the season less in terms of manufacturing romance and more in terms of savoring and appreciating the life in front of us, which I’ve found, often results in being romantically inclined anyway. What’s Lovely on Valentine’s Day? Freeing ourselves from anything that falls short of authenticity. Here’s a list of things that will help us keep the love real.

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