…..See where you really are and decide if it’s the place you want to be. This is an excerpt from an email I received this morning, in which the writer (Sally Wolfe, Book Coach and Editor) took this lesson from the book “Rising Strong” by Brene Brown on Amazon. That line really resonated with me. Needless… Read More
Our oldest is going to be eleven soon. Just this week he’s challenged the rules twice. I got a glimpse of my future self, sitting at the kitchen table at 2am waiting for my sixteen-year-old son to come home, when he was supposed to be home at midnight. I told Xavier, our almost eleven-year-old, that,… Read More
I read this quite some time ago and I believe I got it from Danielle LaPorte. I came across it again recently in my saved reading material and thought I’d share it today. I, too, believe that sometimes the best clarity comes when you just stand still. 🙂 North, East, South, and West Four friends… Read More
Today is day two of writing for at least thirty minutes. We’ll see how long I can keep this up. 🙂 They say it takes twenty-one days to make anything a habit. We shall see. That is my hope. While journaling this morning, it occurred to me that I may not have shared a bit… Read More
Let go Let God A summary of the following passage: Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not until thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Proverbs 3: 5-6 Let go Let God…..a phrase that has been on my mind for well over a… Read More
Why do we procrastinate on the things that we strongly desire? This is a question I have been confronted with recently. Not that I haven’t dealt with procrastination before, but in reading back over what I did and didn’t accomplish in February, it was blatantly clear, I have been procrastinating. I think just allowing myself… Read More
We all know opinions are like you know what! Well, I also have one – don’t we all? Sometimes, they’re better kept to ourselves. I think we’ve all learned how sharing is not always caring – in terms of opinions. Today though, I would like to share my thoughts on a topic that, I think,… Read More
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive. “Have you been busy?” A question that stings me. It seems nowadays, you ask anyone that and it’s followed by a rattling off of a mental checklist. Life is overwhelming. People everywhere are feeling the pressures of just living on a daily basis. I wonder… Read More
What do you put on your to-do list? The inspiration for this blog post came to me during a conversation I had recently with my life coach turned friend, Angela. We have deep conversations, she and I. And she’s one of the few people who, I feel, I could say practically anything to and not… Read More
Do you ever read something that resonates with you so deeply that, days later, you find yourself thinking about it? I read these wise words on my flip-calendar on October 25th and I thought about them again today and felt compelled to share and write about it. I want to beg you, as much as… Read More