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Friday, December 10th, 2010Thank you, Beatles. And thank you, friends. Lately, I’ve been working hard to keep my attitude of gratitude in the forefront of my mind. The reasoning is well stated in this quote: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough. It turns denial into ACCEPTANCE, chaos into ORDER, confusion [...]
Tomorrow is a New Day
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010Two thoughts to end the day: Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with [...]
Meditating on a Rapid-Fire Mind… with the help of P. Roget
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010I just had to post a link to this great new post by my yoga friend John. I also suffer from a rapid-fire mind, and simply sitting is often a lot harder than I’d anticipate. His blog post discusses how scientists say labeling your thoughts may help you let them go more easily… yet how [...]
Book Review: The Last American Man
Monday, September 27th, 2010During my first 10 minutes of relaxation (aka the first ten minutes of Maddie’s nap), I finally finished the book The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert. The book is, as one Amazon reviewer stated, “a fascinating book about an extraordinary but troubled man”, namely Eustace Conway. Despite her over-emphasis on his love life (which [...]
10-Minute Relaxation Challenge, Care of Yoga Journal
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010Ten minutes is not a long time. Yet, for some reason, I find it really difficult to give myself 10 minutes of “me time”. Time during which to do something because I WANT to do it, not because I feel like I should do it. I am one of those people who has a constant [...]
The Lorax Speaks…
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. I am the Lorax, and I’ll yell and I’ll shout, for the fine things on earth that are on their way out! Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to [...]
Yoga: The Panacea
Monday, March 15th, 2010Tonight I completed my first full Ashtanga yoga practice in over a week and I feel absolutely fantastic! I really think yoga is a panacea, or a cure-all. I am going to re-energize my practice and get back into feeling great every day! Earlier today I felt really cruddy. I think it was a combination of the [...]
Spring Means Skunkies!!
Monday, March 8th, 2010If you are afflicted with melancholy at this season, go to the swamp and see the brave spears of skunk-cabbage buds already advanced toward a new year…There is no can’t nor cant to them. They see over the brow of winter’s hill. They see another summer ahead. – Henry David Thoreau I found this quote [...]
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Sunday, February 28th, 2010I just wanted to write a quick thank you to everyone who responded to my last post about my daughter Madeline’s hearing loss. If you didn’t read it, you can find it HERE. I am so moved by the amount of love and support and the positive messages that have poured forth since my posting [...]
The Gift of a Sense of Wonder
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009I recently was sent a link to a blog post that a good friend, Whitney Wiest, found very fitting because of who is expected this week (my daughter!!). Called “Living at Silver Creek Preserve“, the post is written by a woman who led Whitney in an Asian adventure trip back in 2001, and it embodies [...]
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