Random Act Of Kindness The past few weeks and months have just been horrific. From Stony Brook to the bombings in Boston, to the recovered kidnapped women held against their will for years and years. It seems that everywhere we have really bad people amongst us. Here’s some facts according to me…. I figure...
Spring is coming “The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you, don’t go back to sleep!” Rumi Now I always know when it’s happening. I am awakened before dawn by the crisp chirps of the morning birds near my windows. They call to everyone who will listen that Spring is coming. If I...
Working hard is mandatory You can be slow and steady or like a bat out of hell but working hard is mandatory It’s always interesting when you get to talking with people about success. Some think the person that shows up and does what they do and repeats this everyday is more worthy of...
“Write Love on Your Heart!” As we are working on being the best we can be this year together I have broken down three ways I see the world living. One is to live a life filled with panic and anxiousness, stirred by worry and stemmed at it core from not loving oneself and...
Be Quiet and Listen Perhaps Martha Beck put it best, when asked about her favorite quote it was not from some journal or complicated literary work but a simple and yet so very true life lesson from none other than Winnie the Pooh! Here’s what she said… “Winnie the Pooh. There is a scene...
Introducing “Darling Dames! Ive been noticing that every now and then, our society does a flip backwards. For me, this realization started with the Old Spice man last year that boasted a man doing “manly” things, in a subtle way, trying to put men back in their place. Amusingly so by having the questioned...
Understanding Your Abilities and Aligning Them With Purpose. Oprah said, “Life is a big ol’ canvas. And, you have every combination of colors to paint with.” If I had been asked the same, I couldn’t have said it more perfectly. Over the years, I have spent quite a lot of time studying human psychology...
Being Different Makes No Difference School is starting again, and my sister has to explain to her boys why their cousins have to wear those uniforms that are scratchy, buy a bunch of school supplies that are expensive and even leave to go to a school at all. I just roll my eyes. Those...
Its January… again. I know, I know already what ya’ll are thinking. Oh boy, time flies and what are the “plans” for this next year. January, like no other month, always pressures me to make promises to myself and others that by September I realize should have never been made in the first place...
About Old Dogs and Children I once read a book about old dogs and children. Somehow, life always come down to that. The very old and the very young are perhaps the most interesting of us all. Dogs are for many “old souls”. In particular, when they enter the home and assume they are...
The Art of Scheduling Nothing Ahh, the last dog days of summer. I can hardly comprehend how fast time flies by! I just got a newsletter from our school, it stated: Welcome 2007-08 school year. (?) Wait… did i just read school year??? I can not BELIEVE it is already that time of year...
Miracles happen. Really they do. In fact they actually happen all the time but most times we just don’t notice them or more importantly recognize that’s really what they are. What you believe about the inter workings of life events directly influences the perspective of how a miracle is perceived. Take for example the...
