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The image of her is one of trust. She has the undeniable look of accomplishing anything. Her world is one of a journey full of dreams with stairs made of conquests. Never reaching the top, because that would mean her journey was complete. Her life will unfold with amazing events. some sad, some scary. some will be absolutely amazing. She will stumble and fall but she will always get up one more…
Ever feel like life is kicking you square in the butt? There seems to be one person in particular that is always pushing your buttons? Ah yes, been there, done that. What, you might ask, is this person's objective? If we could just figure that out then maybe we could end the continuous nagging. Our response to this continuous negativity may require some counterintuitive thinking. We can't change…
There he was....just as I had envisioned his arrival. He had fallen out a window through a loose screen, six feet to the ground. I wasn't aware of his disappearance until I finished watching a movie and went into the room where is known to perch for hours gazing out the window. I called for him with no response. I began to panic, looking in every square inch of my home calling his name over and…
Life is a journey, each moment is a gift that will never be recreated in the same way again. Life is a series of 'tasks' that are checked off but that list is constantly added to, or it least it should be. Think about that for a second from a baby's view point. They have a 'to do' list, they just don't know it. They go from just laying around to creating a smile, that smile leads to a laugh. The…
Predicting the future, how often do we do this? Every minute of every day and it is often followed by fear based solutions. Looking for the right answer to the questions we have most often involves looking at the past in retrospect. We do this or that and the results follow a path that we are certain will turn out the same way. We take a chance, do something out of our comfort zone and suddenly…
It was a clear, warm and an absolutely beautiful day for a drive in my convertible. I just arrived home and as I pressed the garage door opener, I turned my steering wheel to the right as I entered the garage. Grabbing my groceries. I opened the car door and got out. The door to my home was already unlocked so I knew Maria was there. I entered, walked through the laundry room and into the kitchen.…
The confusion we create in our lives is as real as the happiness we create. We create, that is what I've been told. Humans create...music, poems, recipes, a light bulb, paintings, a faster way to get home. We create. I'm looking into the sun, it moves behind a cloud, I no longer see it. Is it still there? That light exists in me, not in a physical part of me. Where does that light exist in me? It…
Wearing a hair tie around my wrist to create a habit of being mindful . As I catch a glimpse of that hair tie I stop and ask myself "What am I thinking right now?" Is that thought a positive (good) or a negative (bad) thought? Capturing what I am feeling will directly correlate to that thought. Having a crappy thought is probably really bumming me out. Do I want to feel bummed out, no. Who would…
Never say 'okay' when starting a conversation.. So here I go. Okay, I started this blog because it was suggested to me to do so by someone who heard a story I had written and how I had expressed to him my love to write. That being said, here I am. Writing, something I love to do. Putting my thoughts into words, whether they are read by others is of no consequence to me. My joy comes from my having…
What if...we say this all time. What if we had a chance to do this life over again, but we started here, right now. We begin our life as it is here, in the present moment. What if we had a chance to see the rainbows colors, to hear the laugh of a baby, to cry uncontrollably from grief, to feel the warmth of the sun, to shake with fear, hear the sound of thunder, the smell of the grass, to feel a…