The other day, I had a hankering for a Coke drink, a regular one, none of that chemical stuff. I wanted the pure, sugary rush. After that, my husband and I went to a festival that had fair food. Ooo, peach cobbler! Apple Cider! I saw little hearts in my eyes as I passed the […]
I’m giving myself the tsk tsk, you know, like when your mother or someone judgy looks at you, shaking their head to show you that you did something wrong. Yep, I’m giving myself that. Why? What did I do that’s so wrong? I’m sharing this because it might help someone else. I’ve carried this burden […]
These are my ideas of what I think we need to do to live a happy life. Live in the present moment. While living in the present moment, there is no past or future. You can control your thoughts, movements, and feelings in the present moment. If you can control those things, you can live […]
This idea came to me the other day. I had woken up in a grumpy mood. I had been waking up and listening to positive affirmations on YouTube, like this video. But this morning, I didn’t. Instead, I let the present reality, feeling pain from a recent shoulder surgery, get to me. I thought (I’m […]
The word fear has several acronyms I’ve heard: F.E.A.R. – false evidence appearing real F.E.A.R- face everything and rise F.E.A.R – forget everything and run F.E.A.R -fantasized experiences appearing real (Jack Canfield) No matter what the acronym, the gist is the same—what we think is what we feel. And feeling fear can be paralyzing. How […]
What I mean by the cryptic title are the people in our lives we put on pedestals, like statues. I put so many people on pedestals and looked up to them like I did the statues of Jesus, Mary, and the saints in the sanctuary of the church I went to growing up. There were […]
If you’ve read my blog posts, you’d gather that I’ve been through a lot of painful situations in my life. From the outside, my life looked good. I’d expect people to think I had a what-do-you-have-to-complain-about-life, other people have worse problems than you. Well, I learned I’m somebody, too, and deserve to be happy. I […]
Today, I wanted to share a little something that always changes my mood—laughing. I consider myself a humorous person. I find things to laugh about, sometimes including something I did. Yes, I can laugh at myself. We all should do that, too. It takes the pressure off of being so serious and heavy. If someone […]
As I was creating a post for today, the only thing glaring out was a recent interaction I had with my mother and the lesson I learned. It’s bothering me, and I can’t stop thinking about it. So, I’m sharing. I made banana maple muffins yesterday. They are the bomb of muffins – delicious and […]
My husband and I went to see a friend’s band play live on an outdoor deck at a bar/restaurant. Before we got there, rain had hit hard, and all the tables not under a roof got soaked. We found two dry seats in an upstairs area that was partially covered. We couldn’t hear the band […]