ours is not to question why...

 but i have to admit...i do ask it.  when i ask
why pain?

then i have to ask
why joy?

and
why suffering?

and that always leads to

why love?


i know the answer...and i'm comforted because it always begins and ends with love.  love wins and i can find peace in that.

gratitude...

today i am grateful to be a teacher....especially because i learn so much.  the opportunities available for learning compassion, patience and gratitude are limitless.

the most glorious thing...

the sun in my face, cool breeze, open trail.

my masterpiece

there are few things to control in this life. at times i feel it spiraling around me, out of tangible reach. what i can do, what i can change is my life, my attitude, my influence, my inner world and desires.  that is what i have to give to the world and i am working to make it beautiful.

appropriate for today...

this is just the attitude i need to make it through some days.  i know that life will, in the end, sort itself out.  someday's, though, it just isn't ok.  but i guess that is ok, too.

happy valentines day!

this has always been one of my favorite days...I am a Valentine after all.  My mom would make a lovely dinner and yummy dessert and we would celebrate.  For a girl with that surname, life was a continual Valentine's day. :) Of course, many people didn't believe me.  In fact today, while I was teaching, I told my class that used to be my last name.  Ha ha!  They didn't believe me.  Oh well, I am and will always be a Valentine   xo

thesis research

Volunteers Needed!

Graduate Student Thesis Research Project

Be a part of groundbreaking research…

“Connection to Nature and Reduction of Isolation in Pain Patients”

Saturday, February 19, 2011

9:30am-12:30pm

This workshop includes outdoor awareness exercises, short walks, sitting and some writing.                                       A follow-up questionnaire will be given as well. 

We will meet at the clinic at 9:30, meet shortly in the conference room, and then go to
Traylor Ranch, Penryn.  Meeting will conclude there.  Lunch included!

Please contact to reserve your place to participate!

Annette Udall

530-320-5127

audall@prescott.edu