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You Have Magic within You!
Your Own Personal Magic. Magic? If you think magic is only the sleight-of-hand tricks used by magicians and illusionists, you are only partially correct. If you think magic is only practiced by people who delve into the occult, you are only partially correct. As a verb, magic is defined as the ability “to create, transform, or move as if by magic” (dictionary.com). To me, it is the words “as if by magic” that are important here. So many times people have no idea how or why an individual has chosen to improve their own life. We don’t see their process; we just see the outcome. Here’s what I mean by…
September, A Time for Transition
Last night, as I prepared my The ONE, The EVERYTHING Notebook for September, I realized that September is a month of transition. The days are growing obviously shorter and will until December 21. The heat is subsiding for most of…
Why I Care About the Stuff in the Garage
Part 3 in a 5 part series on Living Simply Decluttering and Cleaning in the Midst of Holding on to Items that my Great Grandparents Owned March 1 the blossoms on the Bradford pear trees drew my attention. Winter was…
Let Negative Words from Others Positively Shape Your Life
In one of the social media groups I belong to, someone posted the following: “Words have power. What is something someone has said to you that has changed your life?” My response? At a very young age, my mother said,…
Wearing Make-up Doesn’t Make You Beautiful
Do I stop and admire people? Of course, I do, especially the beautiful people that glow from within. Usually, those beautiful people proudly wear their scars because the scars are part of their life story. Usually, those beautiful people present…
Try Collecting Stories and Sharing Them With Passion
Picture it. A room in your home you call the museum room. (Yes, I know, I’ve been watching too many late-night reruns of The Golden Girls. Thank you, Sophia.) In that room, various items from different tourist destinations, souvenirs if…
Simplifying Your Possessions by Giving them a Destination
Part 2 in a 5 part series on Living Simply A 90-day excursion in a 35-foot fifth-wheel created in me a desire to declutter and simplify the things we owned, the things we displayed, and the things we kept just…