When you tell your story, you own up to who you are: the good, the bad, and the ugly. You can’t run away from yourself when you tell your story. It’s right there in front of you when you tell your story. If we hold our stories inside, it creates a dam-like effect of memories, […]
While learning about how to find our purpose, the question, “What is your why?” kept coming up. Our answer to that tells us who we are, what our passion is, and what makes us happy. I used to be all over the place with my answers because I didn’t understand my why. Seriously. I wrote […]
“Love comes to you when you least expect it. Don’t look for it.” That’s something I heard many years ago, I think from a movie. It makes sense, and it happened to my husband and me. I wasn’t looking for it at the place we met, but I think I attracted it. There […]
There is a very dangerous scam going on! We’ve got to be on guard and vigilant about it immediately! There’s this thing between our ears on our heads that allows anything from our five senses into it. It’s like a vacuum, sucking in information like the latest and greatest Dyson sweeper. It doesn’t filter or […]
I went to a presentation on the history of organized crime (mafia) in our area. I went there to research for a book and inspire myself. During the first speaker’s PowerPoint presentation (with photos and newspaper clippings), some people in the large audience laughed at certain stories. At the end of it, he told the people […]
I recently began going to a meditation class. The guy teaching us is incredible at instructing, and I feel so relaxed leaving the class. He gave us printouts with Buddhist prayers for meditation. Once home, I slipped the papers into sheet protectors in an organized binder I created, labeled “Mindfulness, Meditation, and Relaxation. (Oh, I’m […]
I missed writing a blog post for last Wednesday. I let life get in the way. That troubled me, but I had to let it go. It’s in the past, and that’s not where happiness resides. So, stay in the present. Okay? I thought of this analogy, and I’m sharing it because I think it’s […]
While doing some decluttering on my computer, I came across a meme I saved about things we can control. One of them was how seriously you take life. Of course, it got me thinking about how, as of late, I’ve been taking life way too seriously and feeling the effects of it. And those effects […]
Here are ten ways that I have found helpful for me to have a better day. Wake up and say thank you before you get out of bed. This puts you in the mindset of being grateful for another day on this earth. When you are getting ready for the day, visualize how you want […]
I began smoking as a teen. Peer pressure. Bullying. I got hooked. Years later, when I found out I was pregnant with my daughter, the doctor asked if I smoked. I said yes. He said to throw them away and quit. I told him I would, but he forced me to throw the cigarettes in […]