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Every Day Spirit Blog Posts

Jul 25, 2018

Kindness is Your Superpower

When we think about our purpose in life, it's tempting to want to list impressive goals and accomplishments. We want to know we are here...

Mary Davis

Jul 7, 2018

Connecting with Your Guardian Angel

I've always been an "angel person." My mom too. When I was growing up, visits by angels and spirits were considered a natural part of...

Mary Davis

Jun 26, 2018

Slow Down: Today Is a Gift

“This is a wonderful day. I’ve never seen this one before.” From one of my heroes, Maya Angelou, this beloved quote illustrates how she...

Mary Davis

May 14, 2018

14 Steps to Calm

A friend called yesterday and shared how she was suffering from daily anxiety and panic attacks. She was the third person to relay a...

Mary Davis

Mar 3, 2018

The Beauty Within

If you woke up today feeling less than beautiful, remember, that no matter what is going on with you, the soul is always beautiful and...

Mary Davis

Oct 30, 2017

Gratitude and Goodbyes

I wake at dawn, wrap in a blanket and head out to soak in the last sights and sounds rising up from this sleepy, hallowed ground. Today...

Mary Davis

Oct 23, 2017

A Froggy Hallelujah

My tinnitus came on gradually as a result of a long music career standing next to a guitar amp and in front of a drum kit. (I don't blame...

Mary Davis

Oct 16, 2017

Follow Your Own Star

Yesterday, as I was peacefully writing, four horses stampeded down the hill from the farm next door, just a few yards from the window,...

Mary Davis

Oct 9, 2017

I Am Not My Breasts

Decked out in their finest, Mom and Dad were on their way down Route A1A in Florida to an anniversary party at an elegant yacht club....

Mary Davis

Oct 2, 2017

Love Is Who We Are

I have long held on to the belief that we live in a benevolent universe where the power of good far outweighs the power of evil. In the...

Mary Davis

Sep 25, 2017

Joy and the Coffee Cake

As I sit in the morning sun considering ways to celebrate joy in small things, I imagine a colorful tube reaching from the sky to me....

Mary Davis

Sep 18, 2017

Trust and the Fawns

The squirrels are collecting and burying nuts; the horses are circling the field in the rain; the leaves are beginning the long slow...

Mary Davis

Sep 4, 2017

My Manager and the God Box

My mother, who we affectionately call "Tiny Guru" for her small stature and great spirit, takes pride in being my manager. There’s...

Mary Davis

Aug 28, 2017

Kindness and the Skunk

A few days ago from the writing window a rustling caught my eye. Heading straight for me was a large, limping skunk with a very puffy...

Mary Davis

Aug 21, 2017

Starting Over with the Sunrise

This morning I wrap in a blanket and pad out the back door to be with the sunrise. The early birds begin in the dark with tentative melodie

Mary Davis

Aug 14, 2017

The Art of Listening

Speaking our truth is one of the best ways to get to know ourselves. Many a heart can be healed by the simple act of uncensored...

Mary Davis

Aug 7, 2017

Faith and the Comet

Tiny pieces of the tail of a comet grazed my house last night. Yours too. They may as well have landed on the roof. Fiery, wish-worthy,...

Mary Davis

Jul 31, 2017

More Gratitude, Less Worry

Soon after I moved here, I noticed something of grave concern: There were wasp nests under many of the eves of the cabin. Most were...

Mary Davis

Jul 24, 2017

Befriending The Dark

The first time I came home to the cabin after dark and shut off my lights at the end of the long gravel driveway, I sat in dread. This...

Mary Davis

Jul 17, 2017

Lessons From A Fire-Breathing Bull

I crossed the one-lane bridge and caught site of the enormous black bull who lives in a bucolic field next to a lake on Hunters Road....