“Just don’t give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald. As I was looking for inspiration for today’s post, I came across this quote by Ella Fitzgerald. Doing what we are...
Intuition: The power to discern the true nature of a person or situation. Do you tend to ignore your intuition in favor of logic or reasoning? As I thought about what to write this week, I kept coming back to the story of Jaycee Lee Dugard and Phillip Garrido. I...
Life is too short to carry around a lot of stress. When you are feeling stressed, how does that impact your interactions with those who you love? Do you ever lash out in anger over a small nothing because you brought home stress from work? Are you short tempered with...
A walk on the beach of Monterey Bay nurtures my soul and all is well in the world. Well, at least in my world, at least for that moment in time. Spending time in the quiet of nature, the forest, the beach, or the desert, is calming to the soul and washes away stress....
This discussion follows up on my last post. Did you discover how many choices you make everyday? Did you choose to do something different than usual? Did you take time to consider if the choices you are making today will lead to the future of your dreams? If not, it...
As I passed the guy asking for money on the street corner the other day, I thought, “I wonder what choices he made in his life such that he ended up in this position now.” This quote from Albert Camus is a very good reminder to us that where we are today is the...
“Time was invented so that everything wouldn’t happen at once.” Albert Einstein Do you ever feel like you have way too much to do and not enough time to do it? Feeling overwhelmed by a “to do” list that seems like it will take more time than is available to you can...
Do you ever feel like things are just not going the way you would like? If you find yourself feeling blue, then it is time to take a step back and look at the big picture. I find it much easier to look at events in life as some sort of stepping stones to bigger &...
Never discuss politics or religion. That is usually good advice to avoid getting into heated, emotional debates that often escalate into uncomfortable situations. However, it is often difficult to avoid discussing the important issues that face our society including...
Now that I am over 50 (aack – I’ve given away my age!), I think I have discovered the Fountain of Youth. The Fountain of Youth is the event of growing older. I know this may sound like a contradiction at first, but it is true. The secret of the Fountain of Youth is in...
