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How Will You React to Life Today?
Cause and effect. Give and take. Act / react. Vicious cycle. Chain reaction. That’s life. No matter how you put it life happens. Several years ago, I began to look at life as a verb. I would tell people that life had lifed at me. That life looked at me and said, “Things are going too smoothly in your world. Here! Catch this challenge. Deal with this struggle.” Sometimes those challenges would be small. I would forget my work keys at home and have to turn around. Simple problem. Simple solution. It made me look at why I forgot those keys and examine how to make sure I grabbed everything…
Do You Let People In Your Life Be Who They Are?
In the afternoon, we listen to “court” television shows like Divorce Court and Paternity Court. I’m always amazed at the number of people whose major complaint with their spouse or partner is that the person they fell in love with…
Action Equals Success
I’ve started this article far too many times today. It always sounds like I am sitting here complaining. And so I begin again in an attempt to sound more proactive and uplifting. I grew up with the saying, “The squeaky…
Be the Survivor You Know You Can Be
Reba McIntyre got it right when she presented the world with the song “I’m a Survivor.” There are so many ways each and everyone of us is a survivor. To ALL of you out there going through struggles on a…
3 Hacks to Help YOU Stay On Track in 2021
We’re 11 days into 2021. How’s it going? Are you still forging ahead with the goals you set for yourself? Has the day-to-day uncertainty that winter weather and COVID have presented you with railroaded your progress? Do you realize that…
Act NOW, for Tomorrow Might Be Too Late
That college degree you wanted to earn. The piano you wanted to learn to play. The book you wanted to write. The trip you wanted to take. Oh, that’s right. You told me you needed to wait until after your…
5 Things An Extended Trip in 2020 Taught Me
Late September, we got home from a seven week excursion that ended in spending time with my two adult children and their families. Wait! Weren’t you afraid of COVID? Breathe easy. Most of the time when my husband and I…
