Two months ago I stood free and high on a proverbial ocean vista. Looking down from that place in my heart, I knew the glistening shoreline of {best} was meeting with the deep azure sea of my desires. {More:☛ The best is yet to be!} In between goals is a thing called life, that has [...]
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~Theodore Roosevelt I see you, Braveheart … wondering just what the heck happened to the month of January? I certainly am! :: passes half-empty package of Oreos :: Let’s get to it … It is Leap Year, so we sorta have an extra day [...]
We are never further from what we wish than when we believe that we have what we wished for. ~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe There are moments when we see a flicker of what we know we want — what we wish for, our heart’s desire — and the distance between “here” and “there” causes us [...]
The way you relate to your thoughts, that’s what you bring to every relationship you have, including the one with yourself. ~Byron Katie October of 2011 was a monumental time of declaration for me … A time of retooling {starting over and creating something better}. A time to decide. Thus, freeing up the energy being [...]
It is about this time of January when we realize the holidays {and the dreaded expectations and resolutions of a “new” year} have left us a bit wonky regarding routines. Dailies are {extremely} hit or miss and morale is w-a-y down. My children learned at home {most of their K-12 years}; and I vividly remember [...]
We cannot live in a world that is interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our own listening. To use our own voice. To see our own light. ~Hildegard Von Bingen Doodling and collage ensures I think for myself; it reveals keywords [...]
I didn’t attend junior high; our school district experimented with dividing elementary and high school with something called “middle school” — grades sixth through eighth. The school district decided to allow inaugural class of students to vote on the name of our new school; we voted Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by popular choice. Today is my [...]
Realize that owning the dream beginning is just as powerful as owning the dream ending. ~Carlos Whittaker That is what Mandy faithfully inspires me to do; that is what we have been talking about. That is what we talked about until wee hours Monday, and again Tuesday and Wednesday. #babystepcount That is why my To-Do [...]
To-Do Lists can be a tool: to dump random stuff from your mind a completely random list of memories, want-to’s and dreams ordered list of tasks and miscellany to complete a project dailies {errands; chores; work projects; phone calls; emails}
What would you say to yourself? To your accuser? To your beloved? To your future self? To the family member with all her dang assumptions?