Who’s your favorite grouch?

Some famous grouches:

• Oscar
• the Grinch
• Grumpy
• Scrooge
• Maxine
• Garfield
• Eeyore
• Lucy
• a relative?
• the boss?
• you?

We certainly have a lot of role models to choose from!

And there are lessons to be learned if we are willing.

For example, frowns vs. smiles…

After all, we’ve heard that it takes more work to frown than smile!

What’s your choice?

(Maybe I need some Mary Poppins and her “spoonful of sugar” to help me accept that it always comes back to me?)

After all, it is always our choice!

• how we will act,
• how we will react,
• what we will say, and
• what we will do.

We name it and we claim it, just like Oscar!

And sometimes we even proclaim it like Lucy!

So now that we remember that it is always our choice, what will we choose?

Which role model would you choose to show you what you don’t want to be?!

Enjoying life vs. improving life

Wisdom from author E.B. White:  “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” And […]

Stressed or “Desserts”?

Life is uncertain…  eat dessert first!   I’m a firm believer in desserts first! What else would you expect from a previous chocolate store owner? (My sister and I were smart enough never to hire the applicant who said “I’d give anything to work in a chocolate store!” for we knew we couldn’t afford the loss […]

It’s my day; is it yours?

This Saturday, August 13, is officially International Left Handers Day. And I’m part of the 7-10% of the population that is left-handed. (as was my dad, my son, and my husband!) I’ve always said I wanted to be in the top 10% of whatever I was doing and, here, (by genetics at least!) I’m in the top 10%. […]

A difference between like and love

I love this quote, (though it is probably not by the Buddha as I originally thought!) Every relationship we have with another person in our life is like a flowering plant. If the relationship is strong, the plant grows strong and offers lots of flowers to both of us. We can usually tell the value […]

Reading Rights, Part B!

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Reader’s Bill of Rights? Part A

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Change your language, change your life

We are often careless with our words. It shouldn’t surprise us, though, that the words we use are affecting our life. Be careful what words you are choosing to say. If something can be called scary, can it also be called exciting? If something can be called boring, can it also be called calming? If something you want is […]

Quirky thoughts on my birthday!

  Today is my birthday! Join me in exploring some “wisdom” below. Please pick your favorite one and let me know your favorite in the comment section at the end.  “They” say… 1. Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the more you have, the longer you live. 2. Drive carefully…It’s not only cars that can be […]

Lessons from Noah’s Ark

Stories are everywhere and so much fun to discover! And we can learn so much from each of them. It’s kinda like “a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine goes down.” I’ll bet you can think of some too!  (ever read “Aesop’s Fables?”) Here are some favorites of mine gleaned from the story of Noah’s Ark. Lesson 1: […]