On making a life

January 28, 2011
We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.- Winston ChurchillGenerosity of spirit is free.That's right.We can give to others with...

Make life about capabilities, not limitations

January 27, 2011
A while back I read Marianne Williamson's book, The Age of Miracles.{She's an accomplished speaker, but I find her books more digestible than her oral...

Making it happen

January 24, 2011
I know. You're sick of people telling you to visualizeyour goal and it'll happen.Maybe you think that's airy-fairy stuff.Fantasy.It's not. It's really all about...

Il dolce far niente

January 10, 2011
Even if we're not Protestant, many of us still subscribe tothe Protestant work ethic.We've simply got to be doing something. In motion. All the time.{Ok, maybe my...

Worry beads & loss

January 9, 2011
There's another way to deal with grief, as well:those who keep loss like worry beads in their pocket,always touching them, working them,actively aware of theirpresence...

Brick in your pocket

January 8, 2011
Some people may think yesterday's Storypeople post on loss is an unrealistic, Pollyanna-ish way to look at it.Grief is a heavy weight that's always with us.Something...

Reason to live

January 7, 2011
They left me with your shadow, saying things like Life is not fair & I believed them for a long time. But today, I remembered the way you laughed &...

Three words

January 6, 2011
Too many resolutions, that's what I say. Friends, bloggers, writers all seem to be trying to outdo one another with the sheer quantity of goals for the coming year. It's...

Effort & progress

January 5, 2011
It's taken me a long time to get here, he said, so I don't really care if it's wrong.-Brian Andreas/StorypeopleThis could easily be a companion piece to last week's...

Reality check: it’s still you

January 2, 2011
I've seen too many movies to believe this would happen to me, he said & she smiled & kissed him lightly & said, It's good to let reality in now &...

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