Happiness is . . .
In junior high school and high school, my walls were adorned with Snoopy posters identifying what “Happiness is. . . ” and Peanuts Gang books filled my shelves. The messages in this book focused on happiness and what happiness was.…
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…
How Your Actions Today Can Equal Your Success Tomorrow
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…
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…
Do You Have Guiding Word for the Year?
Today, I am making a commitment to write every day. I joined a group of writers who have declared a commitment not only to write every day, but to write at least 500 words each day. I feel like January…
Reflections on 2012
As I sat in the hot tub Sunday (December 30), I found myself wondering where August, September, October, November, and December had gone. As the cold wind blew and the bright moon reflected light off the snow on the neighbor’s…
