Posts by Pat:
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 can actually hold two different ideas at the same time! Do you agree? If not, would you choose to see it as the journey or as the opportunity to solve problems?
I especially like the quote by Henry Van Dyke that tells us to “Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.”
So here’s some advice that I intend to take! And I also will follow Ziggy who said “When it comes to enjoying life.. the sooner we get started…the longer we get to enjoy it!”
Since we don’t control what happens in our life, it’s a good thing we do control how we respond to it!
As Danny Kaye said, “Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.”
I’m suggesting we all invest in lots of paint and have some fun with it!
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 […]
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 […]
2 intriguing thoughts on money…
I’ve found two very different thoughts on money that I want to share here! Number one: I read somewhere that money is “frozen time.” That the “stuff” we buy is free…that what we pay for is the peoples’ time to mine/grow/finance/ manufacture/manage/transport the stuff to us. Number two: what money can and does for us! […]