Posts by Pat:
Some fun with words!
I’m a retired English teacher and bookstore owner and love playing with words, as you probably already know.
Today I’ve collected some fun words, some concepts (and even some puns!) Feel free to share any that you have discovered.
Have some fun with the following exercise.
Maybe you could come up with a similar sentence of your own for us to try?
Here’s some classics that you may remember…
There’s power in words that can be used to hurt or to heal.
And we know we can always choose words…
- that feel good,
- that make us feel good,
- that make others feel good.
So…let’s do it!
Happy or content?
Merriam-Webster defines happy as “feeling pleasure and enjoyment because of your life, situation, etc.” We all, of course, want to be happy. The question is: how? How can we be happy? Is it possible to be happy all the time? while washing the car? doing the taxes? while reading the news? For many folks being […]
Some “words of wisdom”…
I love finding reminders of truth/wisdom that can get me back on the straight and narrow! I hope you enjoy these, some of which I find poignant and some just funny. I hope you’ll share some of your own hard-earned tidbits! “There are worse things than getting a wrong number call at 4 a.m.- for […]
A moment to reflect…
As the year comes to a close, I like to reflect both forward and backwards. How will we release our 2021 year and welcome in 2022? Here are some thoughts that have given me focus and peace. I particularly love this “Note to Self.” The following two, seemingly conflicting, thoughts on life remind me that […]
We’re on the cusp!
It’s time for me (and maybe you?) to reflect on “what’s been” and “what can be.” Life is rather like an old-fashioned camera. We can choose to focus on what is important, capture the good times, develop from the negatives. And, if things didn’t work out quite like we wanted, take another shot! I’ve often […]
Some holiday thoughts
Sometimes it’s easy to forget the reason for the season! We can get caught up in the busyness, the focus that seems to be on wanting/needing/doing more. So here are some brief reminders to me (and maybe also to you?) See if any of these reflect your feelings… I believe the season is really about […]
What can we learn from all this?
Are we learning anything from this time of Covid and it’s resulting changes in our lives? I hope we are! I’m reminded of the fun little poem by Portia Nelson titled Autobiography in Five Short Chapters. It’s a delight and even has a message for us! Chapter 1 I walk down the street. There is […]
It’s simple…but not easy!
Many things in life are simple, but not easy. There’s a reason why 60% of Americans essentially never exercise, why 78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, why many people have huge regrets at the end of their life for simple things left undone. Eating healthy is simple. Eat mostly plants and not too much. […]
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 […]