I’ll bet that unless you have been living under a rock for the past decade you are familiar with mindful living. The trend towards doing nothing but sitting in repose in order to release stress and also create a sense of balance has been growing exponentially. When you are living mindfully your thoughts...
Well there’s always something trending. No “fake news” there! It’s not surprising to hear that this or that is the new “it.” What is surprising is the idea that something so simple and so automatic could be re-labeled and re-branded and tossed to us as an actual new thing and that some of us...
Lent comes each year and I spend those weeks, as so many of us do, fasting from some things that I like coupled with reflecting on my life; contemplating what I can improve both spiritually and physically. After all of that time in a reflective state, my mind looks joyfully towards a time to...
You need to go outside… do it now and once more before the sun sets this day. Take a DEEP breath and look up into the clouds and watch them for a solid 10… do it… do it right now. Cloud surfing is so easy and should be done each week to clear the...
Mindfulness “When we plant the seed of a question or a problem in our consciousness, we need to trust that an insight will rise to the surface.” Thich Nhat Hanh...
Today’s daily is all about work. When we work in a job that we love and are perfectly aligned to the way we spend our day then we are in our best place to shine in the Glory of our Lord. Each of us have special gifts and those gifts are meant to be...
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Happy Friday to all! Today I found something that is beautiful and sweet from one of my favorite magazines! BellaGrace! Hope to one day write for them regularly… Their Motto is seamlessly aligned with mine which is why we’d make a perfect fit! “We Believe: An Ordinary Life can be extraordinary,there is beauty in...
Today’s :Little Sweet Thoughts It is when you are going through the most difficult chapter of your life that your HERO IS REVEALED, and how beautiful it is when you finally realize you have the strength with God’s help to save yourself…...
Living the Sweet Life January 2017 Hello Again January! You my friend, are in the HOT seat! Well my darlings! It’s finally here! Another New Year and I don’t think I could be more happier than I am right now. Last year was filled with so many things…very few good and lots of very...
This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine. Oh! This little light of mine…I’m gonna let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine! Those words are words to live by folks. In the wake of all sorts of craziness that should not even be happening in our civilized society...
Many of you are packing up your teenagers and heading to the universities this month. This will be their new home as they embark on their adventures and begin a new chapter both for their lives but for those off us as parents. I remember such an occasion on a crisp fall day in...
Living the Sweet Life : Being Mindful of the Greatness It’s that time of the year when we all are ready for the cold to dissipate and for the flowers to bloom. It’s GREATNESS time too. If your like me you found yourself last year reflecting and wondering “where did the year go?” Sometimes...
What’s on your nightside table? I have several books all the time that I am working on. Right now it’s Eve by WM.Paul Young, Euphoria by Lily King and Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. I have always loved books and reading because it is fun but bottom line it makes you smarter! March is...
Ten years ago Micheal Fredrickson called me after I wrote about creating artistic spaces for children for one of his other publications and stated very matter of factly “ Alisa, you are a writer!” I laughed at him and said “well…I graduated with honors from University of Houston!” He then asked me if I...
There’s an old saying that some call “THE GOLDEN RULE” It’s been everywhere for such a long time. No one can tell me they haven’t heard of it before because you can plainly see it’s in all religions and thoughts about humankind. Buddhism Hurt not others...
Once upon a time in a land called the Carolina’s there lived a little boy named Brian and a little girl named Alisa. They went to school together…played in the school yard together and rode the same school bus home. In elementary school Brian held Alisa’s hand when she cried and missed her mother...
Living The SweetLife : Thinking about your Transition June 2015 So I want to get you thinking about something that most of you will not want to do. I want you to start thinking about what you want to happen when you are no longer amongst the living. Recently I...
I really like wearing a cape (figuratively speaking of course!) and given the opportunity to be a super hero at anytime in my life has, and I am sure will continue to be, ideal. Now, my time has come! Many already know that as the children have grown in my family client base...
Thanksgiving 2014 Things to do right now….. Order a bunch of clothes and toys Drink Wassail Eat candied apples and sausage balls Eat chewy peppermints Make and Eat chocolate pecan (pronounced Pee-Can) pie Bake lots of cookies especially the peanut butter chocolate ones that’s Brian’s favorite Make a list Play Buble’ Holiday album Place...
