Welcome.
You belong here.

If you're longing to live fully, you'll find stories just for you. I write about tiny acts of bravery and unexpected beauty that light up everyday life.

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Jan 2
3 min

2020, here we come.

"Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and right doing there is a field. I'll meet you there." ― Jellaludin Rumi What’s got your attention right now? Maybe it’s yo...

17 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Sep 13, 2019
3 min

It's time for a Potty Party!

If you show up to do what you're supposed to do anyway, is that a good enough reason to throw a party?

10 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Aug 15, 2019
3 min

What Do You Need To Hear Right Now?

Hope keeps us going through difficult times. But sometimes, it's our hope that's keeping times difficult for us.

6 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Jul 31, 2019
4 min

What 3 shrubs taught me about the meaning of life.

"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of ...

26 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Jul 18, 2019
3 min

I did a story makeover. Here's what happened.

I love makeovers. I also love a hot pursuit. There’s something so tantalizing about transformation, the idea that, even in the smallest way,

7 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Jul 2, 2019
3 min

How to get yourself to paradise. Now.

I remember the rainbow umbrellas lined up in the hot sand. I remember the sound of the surf and the scent of faux coconut wafting from...

13 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Jun 18, 2019
3 min

The beauty of a pause.

One warm summer evening around dusk, I took on the cool job of sitting at the helm of a small motorboat. At first, everything was easy.

1 viewWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Jun 4, 2019
3 min

Just in case you forget.

The weather wasn't ideal that afternoon at the Portland Saturday Market. The vendors' tents sagged at the corners, weighed down by...

1 viewWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

May 7, 2019
3 min

You made my day just by being you.

Have you ever been moved by kind words from someone you didn’t really know? I was at the donut shop one January morning when...

6 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Apr 9, 2019
3 min

Beauty, loss, and making friends with change.

Forging a new career path in the midst of divorce negotiations. That's not what I had planned for my forties. What was I to do?

92 views1 comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Apr 9, 2019
3 min

There's so much gold in what you already know.

There are so many things that are etched into our bones. Skills. Stories. Intimate knowledge of people and places. The answer you seek may..

2 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Mar 26, 2019
3 min

How to shine again after you've been roughed up a little.

Most people intimately know the “New Year’s Resolution Effect.” That moment when the flush of momentum for something new meets formidable re

2 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Mar 12, 2019
3 min

You don't have to lie about it.

Have you ever lied, even a little bit, to help your chances of landing a job or making a splashy impression? Maybe you haven’t, but I have.

6 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

The problem might not be you.

Once upon a time, there was a disaster of a refrigerator. This fridge, a proprietary design made to fit a certain model airplane...

3 viewsWrite a comment

Rumi Tsuchihashi

Feb 13, 2019
2 min

It's okay not to be okay.

Five days ago, I stood in line with my neighbors at the grocery store with more than twice as many items in my cart as the usual weekly run.

6 viewsWrite a comment

Sign up for inspiration.

I'll deliver it straight to your inbox.

Welcome. You belong here.

2020, here we come.

It's time for a Potty Party!

What Do You Need To Hear Right Now?

What 3 shrubs taught me about the meaning of life.

I did a story makeover. Here's what happened.

How to get yourself to paradise. Now.

The beauty of a pause.

Just in case you forget.

You made my day just by being you.

Beauty, loss, and making friends with change.

There's so much gold in what you already know.

How to shine again after you've been roughed up a little.

You don't have to lie about it.

The problem might not be you.

It's okay not to be okay.

Sign up for inspiration.

Welcome.
You belong here.