We can look at someone doing what we hope to do and be jealous or inspired. It is a choice we make. Not necessarily an easy one. Our instinct may say "why them and not me. It's not fair." But if you keep moving forward, keep trying, keep adapting to your true self, you will [...]
I have been doing virtual exercise classes with an instructor that emphasizes how great it is that we can do the hard work. Yes, intervals can be painful, but let's take a moment to realize that not everyone can do them and some day we will not be able to. How amazing that we get [...]
I was walking down the street in a hurry. A couple was walking more slowly in front of me, so I moved over to cross the street. As I stepped into the street, I hit the slickest of ice and took a good tumble. I quickly stood up, embarrassed, making sure everyone that saw it [...]
I go to the post office nearly every day to mail a letter or package of some kind. Sometimes it is literally just mail with a normal stamp. I could leave it in our box, but the post office is a 5 minute walk from home and I enjoy it. So I walk to the [...]
What happens if you cut your daily to-do list in half? Are you left with only the really important things? Do you ultimately achieve just as much on a more manageable level? Perhaps you will stop beating yourself for not completing all the tasks you set out? If it doesn't feel right, you can go [...]
Sharing quite the story today about a nightmare and breast cancer and a crazy interconnectedness of mind and body. A reason to trust ourselves when in tune to listen. Read here.
Money is a concept that we have made up. Fortunately it has stayed stable in places where I live so that we can continue to exchange it for goods and services that we need and want to live on. It is funny if you step back and think of the value of things to us. [...]
Usually I sleep soundly throughout the night. However, recently I went through a multi-day period during which I lay awake for 1-3 hours in the middle of the night. I was trying to sleep but my mind was racing instead. A few things were going on and my mind wanted to figure them out rather [...]
How do we envision and plan for a future that we have not yet lived yet? How do we know what we want to move towards? It might be scary to take that step or to act in the best interest towards the vision you hold for yourself. But what is the next best alternative? [...]
I sat in a nursing home room at the end of January as my 100 year old grandfather was dying. A virus was beginning to be talked about in our country, but I had not yet heard much or anything about it. As one of his wonderful nurses was in the room caring for him, [...]
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