Dictionary of your life

August 30, 2014
Remember dictionaries? Let's suppose for a moment that there was a dictionary of your life. A book of words that described the essence of who you are.  What words would...

If we don’t look, we won’t see

August 29, 2014
I want to be with those who know secret things or else alone. ~Rainier Maria Rilke We know a lot, it's true, but we don't know everything. Even though we act like we...

How to identify a true friendship

August 28, 2014
We're all sensitive. Some of us just hide it better. -Jeff Brown   The balance between giving and receiving in true friendship came up the other day in an event I...

Seniors Day, then and now

August 27, 2014
Seniors Day thoughts. I don't feel like a senior. My hair isn't grey, at least it's not supposed to be, given my monthly investment at the salon. I'm usually pretty...

Is honesty the best policy?

August 26, 2014
Is honesty the best policy? Some of my wonderful readers and friends have told me how much they appreciate the honesty of my blog posts. It struck me that their...

Men in grocery stores

August 25, 2014
  He looks benign, doesn't he? A nice young man out doing the family grocery shopping. Something my father and most men of his generation wouldn't be caught dead...

Kill the world with kindness today

August 24, 2014
I like the idea of killing the world with kindness. Let's do it. Let's kill the world with kindness. Because kindness matters. Let's each do some random acts of...

Preparing for death: no unfinished business

August 23, 2014
Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? ~Mary Oliver Would've, could've, should've. Who among us hasn't had those...

Smaller is not always better

August 21, 2014
BIGGER? BETTER. There are some times bigger is just better. Smaller is not always better. Regardless of what some want to believe. Phone calendar. There was a day...

Benefits of emotional pain

August 19, 2014
  Whenever your perspective on something creates emotional pain, Carol, it's always because your perspective is still so narrow that you've yet to see all the good...

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