Gratitude’s not a one-time thing…
Not just once, not just for one thing…it’s an everyday-and-everything thing! And I love this tale that shows it so clearly so I’m sharing it again! There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. “Well,” she said, “I think […]
Change is like a roundabout!
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris is the queen of roundabouts with something like a dozen streets radiating from her hub out into the rest of the city. My sister and I were rather in awe of it (no line markings!) when we visited it in Paris. The poor misunderstood roundabouts, long beloved by motorists […]
Forget the noun, do the verb!
As most of you already know about me… I love playing with words. And this post is fun for me! The difference comes down to whether a person thinks of themselves as a verb or a noun: are you defined by what you do or are you defined by what you are? As a parent […]
Have a rule in place
The reason is simple…personal rules give us a foundational structure by which we can live our lives. They eradicate indecision, temptation, and distraction and (paradoxically) create more freedom for us to do the things we love. It’s one of the reasons why I respect vegetarians who live by the personal rule that “Under no circumstances […]