It seems like these days pass so quickly that we often finding ourselves reading, appreciating the gift of a post, and then moving on too quickly. To extend some of the great notes of the week, we are trying out Well Said Saturdays – bringing a few quotes from recent posts forward. From Letting Go … More Well Said Saturdays – June 10
Remember when we pondered if we Are We Wired for Fairness, with a surprising video showing… an unexpected story? (No point in ruining the surprise… It wouldn’t be fair :D) It came to mind when Esoterica brought up in a discussion of What Do We Have to Lose that bad things are going to happen, … More Is Life Fair?
Image by Fauxels by Pexels. I was lost. I wasn’t sure whether to turn right or left. In the end, the direction didn’t really matter, because no matter where I turned, it seemed to be the wrong direction. I was a new manager and I was trying to find my way. On top of everything … More I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!
It seems like these days pass so quickly that we often finding ourselves reading, appreciating the gift of a post, and then moving on too quickly. To extend some of the great notes of the week, we are trying out Well Said Saturdays – bringing a few quotes from recent posts forward. From Guarding Our … More Well Said Saturdays – June 3
“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have.” Bob Marley Yes, the c-word I refer to is cancer. It was early May 1996 and a routine pap test detected an abnormality on my cervix. Further testing confirmed the lesion was cervical cancer. After the confirmation things moved … More When the “C” Word Entered My Life
Before we headed out to spend three nights at a little AirBnB on Whidbey Island this last weekend, I was feeling a little mashed to a pulp. Or maybe a lot mashed to a pulp. The constant rotation of one of us three in my little family being mildly sick over the past eight weeks, … More A Brief Interlude Provided by Nature
It seems like these days pass so quickly that we often finding ourselves reading, appreciating the gift of a post, and then moving on too quickly. To extend some of the great notes of the week, we are trying out Well Said Saturdays – bringing a few quotes from recent posts forward. From Find Good … More Well Said Saturdays – May 27
I feel gratitude for how supported I feel in my life right now. And please don’t even begin to assume for a sec that my life is super easy and awesome. But, it’s also not too terrible. It’s a mix of both yay and not-so-yay, and there are ups and downs at all times. And because this is generally just how life operates and flows, I think any one of us could easily get swept away by the drama of any single life circumstance. So, how do we stay on track during the yay and nay fluctuations? How do we keep growing and flourishing, even when we fall backwards at times? … More 5 THINGS I NEED IN ORDER TO FLOURISH AND GROW
As a young boy I watched my father take a block of wood and hold it in his hands. Others saw a piece of rubbish, but my father saw the value hidden below the surface. He’d analyze the wood, turn it over in his hands, and examine it for imperfections. When he was satisfied, he … More Carving out my place in the world
I met someone recently at one of the kids’ events and as I sat there talking with her, I kept thinking, “Geez, she seems so familiar.” Now that I’ve seen her several times and we’ve had some fairly deep discussions about life, live, work, and family, I finally put my finger on it. She reminds … More Better Off Without
The Heart of the Matter 