Do less?!
Matthew McConaughey had shut down his production company and his music label because as he said…”I was making B’s in five things. I want to make A’s in three things.” (Those three things were his family, his foundation, his acting career.) Stoic Emperor Marcus Aurelius would say that doing less “brings a double satisfaction.” We […]
Letting go and creating new!
We seem to like the idea of new beginnings. I’m letting go of some this season to prepare for my clean slate for fall. Here’s some mantras I’ve been using! For my clean slate, I’m considering these for my fall thoughts: In some areas of life, value is unlocked by starting. Even a five-minute exercise […]
September as a new January!
“September” is such an invigorating idea! It’s back to school and new projects! It’s unofficially the beginning of fall and plenty of time to look at the “clean slate” that it provides. We can choose to stop “doing” for a moment and reflect on what it is that we really want… to be, to do, […]
Need a Plan B?
We usually have a pretty good Plan A. But as we well know, life doesn’t always go according to our best laid plans. Stuff happens! With all life’s twists and turns, it might be a good idea to have a contingency plan (i.e. a Plan B.) The days of working an entire career in the […]
“Yes, but…”
The feeling and the message can be so different when we consciously change that “but” to “and.” It’s more inviting, inclusive, collaborative, cooperative to respond to someone with a “Yes, and…” rather than a “Yes, but…” A “Yes, and” in conversation builds upon the thoughts of the person with whom we are speaking while a […]
is it love or just like?
I love what this drawing reminds me of…that there’s a significant difference between liking and loving. 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. And I believe that love is […]
Are these ‘seriously funny’?
Ever wonder why some of our ‘normal’ sayings don’t seem to really make sense? Or how about… a plastic glass, a definite maybe, or military intelligence! Each of these is called an oxymoron. A dictionary defines them as “a combination of contradictory or incongruous words.” Still another dictionary defines an oxymoron as a “wittily paradoxical […]
What’s your today going to be like?
Will your mood depend on what day of the week today is? Or will your day depend on what kind of mood you woke up with? Is any day really your “TGIF” or “hump” day? You do realize that you have the choice when you wake up to tell yourself that this is a… Serene […]
2023 is half gone?!
As we moved into July, half of this year had already passed. Time seems to pass ever more quickly as each decade of my life comes and goes! This is a good time, though, to reflect on how the year so far has unfolded. We often act as if we had all the time in […]
Difference of opinion?
Want to diffuse a heated discussion? Here are four words that are easy, not fancy, that you can use to shift the conversation: “You might be right.” This can accomplish a number of things: It admits that maybe they are right. You do make mistakes. Maybe you did something wrong. Maybe you don’t know everything […]