“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless, that it doesn’t have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space.” – Pema Chödrön [Image…

With the start of a new year, we thought it’d be fun to do a pretty round-up of birthstones. There’s no law that says you can’t wear a gemstone that isn’t “yours,” so you can enjoy hearing about the qualities of them all–see what they mean, what they do, and how they can heal. Beliefnet’s Birthstone Guide…

Love this little tool, the New Years Resolution Generator. You can keep clicking away to read resolutions people have sent in. And email in your own. Really inspiring to see what other people have promised themselves! [Via the always-awesome Swiss Miss] Like what you see? Click here to subscribe and get Fresh Living in your…

That’s “Happy New Year!” in Hawaiian. I used to live in Hawaii and that melifluous greeting flows back into my brain this time of year. Hawaiians once celebrated “Makahiki” (mah-kah-HEE- kee), an ancient tradition in Decemberish devoted to thanking the earth for its bounty. According to an article on About.com, they rested, feasted, and put…

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