Posts by Pat:
The waves of life…
Life is always coming at us. There’s always something more on our to-do list. There’s always some unexpected event that comes crashing into our lives. There’s always something not going according to plan. There’s always something more on the calendar.
We can certainly choose to feel overwhelmed by those things. We can hide under the covers. We can skip over a lot of the things we should be doing and let things build up.
On the other hand, we can just learn how to best deal with the onslaught of stuff. We can learn the best way to handle a rough day. We can go to bed at the end of the day feeling good about all of the stuff we were able to handle.
We’ve all had our share of both big and little waves, the irritants and the stumbling blocks. But we’re still here, learning, growing, readjusting. And, if you’re like me, you too are determined to do whatever it takes to keep going.
You could drown or get knocked about by the waves in life. You could refuse to participate and just sit on the beach letting life pass you by.
Or…you can get out there and surf, maybe falling off your board sometimes, but sometimes riding that wave and feeling that moment of bliss of having done something!
We don’t control the waves in our lives nor do we know just how it will all turn out. We just have to navigate it moment by moment. And we’re all stronger than we give ourselves credit for!
And isn’t that what life’s all about?
Speaking of angels…
Just for fun, see what these youngsters have said! “When an angel gets mad, he takes a deep breath and counts to ten. And when he lets out his breath, somewhere there’s a tornado.” Dan, 7 “It’s not easy to become an angel! First, you die. Then you go to heaven, and then there’s still […]
The Crystal Cup
A Zen master was given a beautifully crafted crystal cup. It was a gift from a former student. He was very grateful. Every day, he enjoyed drinking out of his glass. He would show it to visitors and tell them about the kindness of his student. But every morning, he held the cup in his […]
A Curious Boy
In 1925, one year before he entered school, Isaac Asimov taught himself to read. His father, uneducated and thus unable to support his son, gave him a library card. Without any direction, the curious boy read everything. “All this incredibly miscellaneous reading, the result of lack of guidance, left its indelible mark. My interest was […]
So what’s in a color?
And here’s why: Green is a combination of the colors yellow and blue, each of which brings its own unique energy to the overall feeling of the color green. Blue exudes calm and peace. Yellow radiates liveliness and high levels of energy. As a marriage between these two very different colors, green is a unifier […]
Be more like a tree..?
Monday is Earth Day! Thoughts of Mother Nature are appropriate! Being more like a tree means… Reaching for the sky and rooting down deep. And the deepest roots reported depth is 400 feet by a Wild Fig tree at Echo Caves in South Africa. On the other hand, there are those tall redwoods… And having […]
What can’t you see?
Ever watch a robin in your backyard suddenly dive into the grass and pull an earthworm out (that you didn’t see)? Did you know that earthworms are incredibly abundant in the soil? It is estimated that there are between 250,000 and 1,750,000 earthworms per acre! In fact, the weight of the earthworms beneath a farmer’s […]
10 fun puns!
She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it. The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste […]
Focus on your focus!
If there’s one key thing to focus on in order to be happier, healthier, more successful and to achieve greater peace of mind, it would be…FOCUS. When our minds are wandering in and out of all the possible outcomes of a given situation, we need to stop and ask ourselves: Are we focused on all […]
a hack to empower ourselves…
The next time insecurity rears its ugly head, instead of being paralyzed by it, we can use that very feeling as the trigger to tack on the word yet. This word will make all the difference in our lives. It takes things from the world of the perpetual and permanent to the world of temporary and […]