It recently hit me why I don’t want to tell my high school senior what he should do after high school. My wonderful life has been lots of incidents and accidents that opened my eyes to what I should do next. I stepped through doors that I never knew existed until they appeared. Sometimes […]
This deserves an OMG because it is so simple yet huge when you are on the path to a higher level of truth and seeing reality. Simply said, when we expect and our expectations aren’t met we suffer. This means we benefit when we stop expecting because we don’t set ourselves up for disappointments, instead […]
While at the movies recently, I sat beside a man who was an acquaintance. Before the movie began we made small talk and he began discussing the “deplorable current state of affairs the world is in right now” and especially “the horrible lack of protection for the environment”. He became angry just talking about the […]
Forcing people to do anything by imposing guilt and shame may work at that moment, but the likelihood that it continues is not very high. While sitting in a donut shop one day having coffee with some girlfriends a man came in with his young son. The little boy was adorable with dark eyes, […]
British English and American English are the same language, but it’s amusing to hear the different meanings we apply to the same words. Some of the phrases used by the Brits are corkers. When you’re watching soccer in England, you’re really watching football. Let’s be honest, football makes a lot more sense, since the sport […]
We are here to help others in some way… As we age driving and walking become more limited. This means physical volunteering opportunities will become harder to accomplish. Giving financially is wonderful, but I have found it doesn’t bring the same level of connection as hands on giving. There is nothing more satisfying than lending […]
What was my true color anyway? When I told my hair stylist of my plan, to let my hair return to it’s natural color she got a twinkle in her eye like an artist staring at a canvas. She proceeded to tell me all the layers of services I would need to do over a […]
What brought on my morning angst? One morning as I awoke I felt a familiar heaviness descending. At times I have a nagging, uncomfortable feeling upon waking. Sometimes the negative feeling hits the minute I become conscious. It happens so fast that I don’t even know the thought that induced the feeling. What brought on […]
Every moment in time is connected to the one before it… When reflecting on past decisions, people often believe they could have been more conscious in the past and not made that “one bad decision”. We can’t compartmentalize any one incident or event and separate it from our entire life. Although sometimes it seems like […]