It is the most appropriate way to bring one’s thinking to a nice normal steady pace. Perspective is necessary. It is vital. It is rewarding and relieving. It is realistic next to the extremes of fantasy and fear. It is like a little bit of meditation, a good relaxing walk or the result of a [...]
The current chapter is getting interesting……. I speak of my life as book. Personally I think everyone’s life is some sort of tome. We live in phases and periods. We grow and we change… we have adventures and live through joy and pain, the world around us morphing in grand or sometimes very ambiguous ways. [...]
Today I had a light bulb moment. There are pieces of life that sometimes seem to repeat themselves over and over and over. When this happens a multitude of questions will fill my head and invariably my notebook journal as I work feverishly through the ongoing classroom that is my life. “What is wrong with [...]
…and a follower. Personally I have discovered that the years have taught me the best traits of both. I have never believed it is necessary to be one or the other alone, and, find my best days of growth within the open mind of a combination. There are those who would tell you that being [...]
Ok, this is probably my worst blog title ever. There is a lot going on in my world. It is the sort of place that is neither completely bad or completely good. There are questions and there are intuitive notions about what I should be doing and where I should be going with the next [...]
If we can have an alternate universe why not create a different story where you don’t like the one being told? Wait a minute… we can have an alternate universe? Moving back to today’s topic: I started a class today that focuses on the balance of work and life. Ways and means to work with [...]
…of thought, of mind, of action…just make sure it is contrary. Perhaps there really is something to the theories of grey skies and the effect on mood. Although I am not necessarily in a “bad” place… I am also not feeling much like the happy person I prefer to be. My body, mind and soul [...]
There are days when I crave it and others when it just arrives… Friday nights I sometimes plop myself down in front of a computer and/or a television set. The week is normally long and the desire to do anything is slim. This past Friday was of this ilk. I came home, talked to a [...]
I doubt very much it would be a surprise to anyone who knows me. It is August. Normally at this time of year I would be counting down the days to Labor Day and my yearly jaunt to the place on Earth I would really and truly rather be. I took the calculated risk this [...]
… but OH if that isn’t often the hardest thing to do. There is an old adage that asks: “Would you rather be RIGHT or would you rather be HAPPY.” On any certain day the answer could be different for me. The fact is that I, like so many, hold an ego that is often [...]