New Year Resolutions . . . if you must!

Through the years I've written many posts regarding New Year Resolutions.  In my opinion, this yearly ritual is a set up for failure.  They don't work for me, so I try to make incremental changes throughout the year as I deem them necessary. How about you?   Facebook...

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Finding Hidden Gifts

"We need to make friends with what we reject, what we see as "bad" in ourselves and in other people. We must not only tolerate what we find painful, but actually approach it more deeply, more wholeheartedly rather than trying to escape from it. The only way to do this successfully is with an...

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Sad season!

Being a news junkie with all the bad news of the world made for a very depressing holiday season. Each year that passes holds the promise that "this will be the year" that I enjoy the holidays again.  However, the blue funk starts right around Halloween to coincide with Christmas being...

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A Time for Blessings

Sometimes when I'm feeling down, I go back to my old blogs to revisit where I've been to appreciate where I am now.  The following writing spoke to me today . . . I need to go back to the basics of a simple abundance lifestyle.   I didn't write it and I have no idea where it came...

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Relate to yourself

Relate to yourself through your journal  "To write spiritually is to engage in a search for authentic language. You’ll find your truth by writing your way to it."  -- Patrice Vecchione  Who would allow you to totally ignore, abuse, laugh with, swear at, shed...

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Moving in real time

Fast-Forward Button We all go through times when we wish we could press a fast-forward button and propel ourselves into the future and out of our current circumstances. Whether the situation we are facing is minor, or major such as the loss of a loved one, it is human nature to want to move away...

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Spirits having flown

Faster than lightning is this heart of mine. In the face of time I carry on. I'd like to take you where my rainbow ends. Lyrics from the song Spirits Having Flown by the Bee Gees It doesn't seem possible that so much time has passed.  Tomorrow marks the 10th anniversary...

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Guilt . . . how to get rid of it

When I read the following article on guilt, it sounded somewhat familiar . . . and one of my biggest problems. Feeling guilty often about everything and everybody, most of which make no logical sense at all, yet I can't shake it off . . . primarily because I am alive and my husband died young...

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Works of peace and love

Every act of love is a work of peace  no matter how small. Blessed Mother Teresa In a recent blog post, I wrote about little things that are so important.  Since writing that post I have thought a lot about those little things. The feeling of peace and contentment can be an...

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Stress in high gear

Racing through life is very stressful. If we stay in high gear too long, we lose our ability to shift down. And when we're stressed, we can't access happiness, appreciation, fun, compassion, generosity, awareness of beauty and other wonderful qualities. High stress also triggers negative emotions...

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