Many of us feel a sense of obligation to family, friends, our jobs, etc. I’m here to tell you that you can pass on that if you want. Some of the things we can pass on are wasting time and getting sucked into drama. If you’re doing something you don’t want to be […]
Years ago, I was fighting for boundaries. It felt like an enemy army was attacking me, using all it had to break down my defenses. And it worked! I was in a pinball machine bouncing from one thing to the next. Oh, you need help with your computer? Sure. You need someone to bake a […]
I once asked my younger sister about an event that happened when she was a pre-teen/teenager. She said she had no recollection of anything before she was 18. Did she have a traumatic event that caused that? I don’t know. She never told me about it. But it made me wonder why. My curious mind […]
I went to a presentation on the history of organized crime (mafia) in our area. The reason is that I have written a book, At What Price, that has some organized crime in it, and I went there for research and inspiration. During the first speaker’s PowerPoint presentation (with photos and newspaper clippings), some 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 […]
This morning, I got the idea for this post when I was transplanting houseplants. My father had won a table centerpiece with a poinsettia in the middle and several varieties of houseplants around it. My parents don’t have houseplants except for a lemon tree my mother leaves out on the porch in the warmer months, […]
Do you know what we remember the most? Experiences. Say, “I do to you,” and those experiences are sure to be great! Sure, we can get a fabulous gift that we will have forever (like jewelry), and when we look at it, we can remember how it came to be. But – living, authentic living, […]