by Samantha Wallen | Mar 8, 2016 | On Writing
Welcome to the Whimsical Word—a place where you don’t have to know what you’re doing when you write, in fact it’s better if you don’t. To be whimsical is to change, to be unpredictable, and full of whims, or “sudden ideas or turns of the mind.” Have you ever written...
by Samantha Wallen | Jun 23, 2015 | On Writing
What’s your favorite lie? What’s the thing you repeatedly tell yourself about why you don’t exercise, haven’t had that difficult conversation, made the change, or achieved the goal you set for yourself long ago? What’s the story that keeps your happiness just out of...
by Samantha Wallen | Dec 11, 2014 | On Writing
What if everything you want and need is right in front of you, but you just can’t see it? What if creating the life you want is as simple as seeing who you are, who you ‘ve always been, and becoming more of that because it actually is who you long to be? I just woke...
by Samantha Wallen | Nov 6, 2014 | On Writing
This morning I played, on repeat, the gospel song, “Lord, Don’t Move That Mountain,” sung by Mahailia Jackson. I turned the volume way up and sang the chorus as loud as my off-key voice would go, “Lord, don’t move that mountain, just give me the strength to climb…” I...
by Samantha Wallen | Oct 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
It started in the kitchen while I was on my annual week-long silent meditation retreat. I was doing my nightly work meditation of clearing the food tables and putting away the dinner leftovers. In the corner between the storage shelves and the stainless steel...
