“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” ~Marcus Aurelius I fished up a great new resource while trolling some insight about worry. The website is called www.secondchance.org. We may gripe about it, but the things we browse while online fetch us more material on our topics...
"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."~Eleanor Roosevelt I have a very brainy nephew who delights in wearing tee shirts sporting highly intelligent humor. For example, one of his favorites is "Coulrophobia. It's no laughing matter." If you don't have an unabridged dictionary...
“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” ~Anne Lamott. For the next little bit I'm going to take a break and slow down the pace. I need to concentrate on wrapping up some big projects. So for awhile, I've decided to post once a week instead of twice until I feel I've got things in hand. I'll see you on Thursday! Looking for a program...
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."~Aristotle I'm the queen of beating myself up, I've got the award certificate on my wall. For most of my life, in my own eyes, I always fell short and never accomplished enough. But you know what? It's taken a long time to get there but I've been wrong. It's always been...
"Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later." ~Og Mandino Spring is almost here. It becomes official next week at 11:15 AM CDT on March 20 when the vernal equinox arrives. Soon, we'll see green shoots piercing through the soil and explode into bright colors. Last fall I buried papery brown lifeless-looking bulbs in the dirt knowing that a small miracle would take...
"The truth is, what you do matters. What you do today matters. What you do everyday matters." ~Jeff Olsen We humans don't always catch on real quick and it's understandable. It's hard to place value on slow and steady in a world of hot and ready. In a world of 24/7/365, always on and instant access, it's boring. Baby steps, incremental improvements and inch worm speed...
I had the great fortune of spending bonus time with our grandkids this weekend and feeding them! It's something I love to do. Food has always one of my best love languages. Wouldn't have traded it for anything but I ran out of time to write. Spring is coming fast and and the pace of life always ramps up about this time of year. So, I...
"There comes a time in your life when you have to choose to turn the page, write another book or simply close it.” ~ Shannon L. Alder A few days ago I read about someone who was nervous about speaking in public. Someone in her group reached out and told her she'd be fine once she got over the "yips." I was surprised to see it used in...