As we live, we accumulate stuff. That’s just life. If we don’t get rid of anything, it just builds up. These last few months, I’ve come to realize just how much stuff I have. It was getting overwhelming in the small house my husband and I share. I’d love to have enormous closets and a […]
Underwater volcanoes form islands. Molten lava erupts over time, creating a landmass where an ocean once existed. It’s incredible how our Earth knows how to create new life. We know how to, too, and I’m not referring to creating a baby. I’m referring to changing our lives to a new existence where we’re happy […]
I think it’s safe to say we all want to minimize feeling pain, and we are good at diverting our attention elsewhere. Moving pictures were a welcome distraction for people who lived through world wars and the Great Depression. Today, we have so many things to take our attention. With all the entertainment options, […]
The other day, I had a hankering for a Coke drink, not the diet one. I wanted the pure, sugary rush. After that, my husband and I went to a festival that had fair food. Ooo, peach cobbler! Apple Cider! I saw little hearts in my eyes as I passed the pumpkin funnel cakes. I […]
Remember the show Sesame Street? It was more than just a kid’s television show teaching how to count, eat cookies, or spell. It showed us how to live with patience, understanding, and tolerance. Can we see ourselves in the Sesame Street personalities? Big Bird: loud, colorful, big personality, but scared and unsure. Kermit the Frog: […]
By loving and respecting ourselves, we teach people how to treat us. It makes perfect sense, right? I was a “sucka” (sucker) for mistreatment and disrespect. Somehow, I had the foolish notion that other people’s feelings were more important than mine. That’s precisely what happens when we’re a sucka for inappropriate treatment. We have to […]
I’m giving myself the tsk tsk, you know, like when someone judgy looks at you, shaking their head to show you that you did something wrong. Yep, I’m giving myself that. Why? What did I do that’s so wrong? I’m sharing this because it might help someone else. I’ve carried this burden long enough, and […]
I consider myself well-schooled on the subject of love because in order to love someone else, we need to love ourselves, and I do love myself. I have been studying how to be happy and have a good life for many years. I made it my life’s mission to figure out how to do just […]
These are my ideas of what I think we need to do to live a happy life. Live in the present moment. While living in the present moment, there is no past or future. You can control your thoughts, movements, and feelings in the present moment. If you can control those things, you can live […]
Anything we do one time is not going to be done great. We have to keep doing things over and over, and then before you know it, it’s become something easy. The problem arises when we think about what we want to change, do, or be, and fear barges in to start the doubts. Even […]