Vibrant Days… Flourishing with Sensory Processing Sensitivity
Dear sensitive souls in Spring,
I was on my way home from an errand this morning and spotted the words Nature Center on a sign. I pulled into the parking lot bundled up and headed towards the trail marker. Within 2 minutes I knew I made a wonderful choice. My spinning thoughts were replaced by the sound of swirling winds, migrating birds and the scent of spring flowers. As I walked the weight of thinking lightened and I felt my steps bordering on skipping.
I have a vision of every highly sensitive person (somehow) gathering in a beautiful non-overwhelming setting. I see us pausing to gather our inner selves and then turning to the side to look into each other’s faces. It’s here I would ask that each of us tell the other what we most need this season. I would tell the one beside to get into nature each day, keep their minds open to the sacred and don’t over isolate. So today as I sit under my blanket listening to the birds and feeling light-hearted I offer my best to you and look forward to our paths crossing.
~ Candy
4 exciting in-person hsp gatherings! Local and east coast options.
41st HSP Gathering Retreat – August 29 – September 2, 2025 – Boyd Mills Retreat Center (owned by the Highlights Foundation) in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania in Millanville, PA.
Dr. Elaine Aron joins us via Zoom as our special guest speaker presenting: Part I: The Latest HSP Research and Part II: HSPs & Spirituality
Jacquelyn will present The Spiritual Journey to Empowerment for the HSP: a road less travelled. This is the same presentation shared at the 2nd Italian HSP Conference in Bologna, Italy, Oct 2024.
More information, plus photos from past gatherings, and video testimonies can be found on Jacquelyn’s website: https://jacquelynstrickland.
What I’m learning about:
What I’m pondering:
Serious Things
Some may think it’s silly that I write so much about
the garden’s colors and the bird’s songs. Or about
ocean foam and warm sunshowers. But I don’t care
about such thoughts because it’s within these pure
and delicate things that I find rest for an itching
mind.
There in the soft morning light, the rain on the sill,
and the dog’s gentle sigh, is where I remember to
be. Yes, be. Be patient. Be curious. Be right where I
am, and no place else.
Nature never hurries and though I am the human
kind, I am nature, nonetheless. So I study these very
simple and serious things, and take note. I let them
in, so that I may feel the ground beneath my feet,
and redress my mind in robes of ease.
~ Ali Gengarella
Song I have on repeat:
