Addictions, Forgiveness, Growth, Honesty, Mindfulness
EXCUSE OR EXPLANATION?
Excuse and Explanation, two words, two distinct actions that are not only confused, but often misused. One thinks one is explaining something when in fact they are actually using an excuse. The dictionary defines excuse as a “defense, justification, and an alibi.” Where as explanation is “clarification, account and enlightenment.” Despite their very different meanings we often make an excuse when we should be offering up an explanation. We should be clarifying when we are defending. Here in the… Read More
A BRIEF PAUSE
For the next two weeks Paul and I are taking a blogging break. We will be posting affirmations each day. But tomorrow we go into the studio to spend the week recording our audio book. We are excited by this. But between that and putting together our book tour and organizing what we will be saying and reading on the road, our proverbial plates are full. Not to mention it is summer and we want to gear up for the… Read More
Connection, Emotions, Family, Growth, Hanging In There
“THE BEAT GOES ON”
The beat goes on. If you’re of a certain age that phrase will quickly conjure up an image of Sonny & Cher. They were rock and roll royalty. Top Forty titans if you will. The song, written by Sonny, paints a lyrical portrait of changing times. “The Charleston was once the rage, uh huh History has turned the page, uh huh Grocery store’s the super mart, uh huh Little girls still break their hearts, uh huh”… Read More
Acceptance, Action, Moving Forward
LAUNDRY
I’m having a really tough time right now. It’s my day off and laundry is on my list of things to do. Yet when i went out to put in a load in the washing machine I found someone else’s clothes sitting in there. Wet having gone through a cycle. Yeah. I live in a apartment complex. Community washer and dryer. Don’t like it. I used to live in a place that had it’s own right in the apartment. Talk… Read More
Guides, Mindfulness, Moving Forward, Right Action
WHO ARE YOU FOLLOWING?
I don’t know the difference between my left and my right. Well, that is not true, I do know; I just don’t always pay attention to which is which. For instance if you happen to be in car with me and tell me to “Turn left”, I may take a sharp right. Which usually leads the person with me to ask, “Don’t you know the difference between your left and right?” I’m not sure where my inability to sometimes differentiate… Read More
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. NELSON MANDELA
Acceptance, Change, Family, Living Fully
ON SMALL, SEISMIC SHIFTS
As I wrote the title for today’s post, I thought back to the title of Grace Paley‘s story collection, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute. One of the great titles ever. Do enormous changes ever come upon us in any way, other than the last minute? We apply ourselves each day. We show up. We practice our craft. We love the people we love. We try to be good friends. To be kind. Compassionate. We soften into life, like velveteen rabbits. And then… Read More
A GHOST STORY
I love movies. Almost any genre except one. Slasher films. I tend to avoid realistic horror on the silver screen. I’m a scaredy cat. Life long member of the “duck down behind the seat in front of you, cover your eyes and wait till the audience stops screaming before you return to an upright position in your seat” club. It’s a club that needs a shorter name. I am, however, a sucker for a good ghost story. There’s a… Read More
Acceptance, Guides, Letting Go, Mindfulness
HAND IT OVER
The concept comes in many different forms, with many different sayings attached. “Letting go and letting God” is perhaps the most famous refrain. A less specifically religious, but one that covers a multitude of higher powers…“I don’t know what to do – you take over.” The second affirmation in Gratitude and Trust covers this. We are only letting out the first two affirmations before publication. “I don’t know how to do this but something inside me does.” They all fall… Read More
TWO’S THE CHARM
Those of you who get this sent to you by MailChimp probably noticed that strange floating quote that made little sense in the context of this site. It was also attributed to me and it was not my quote. The problem is we added some new things to the site the day before. And despite the fact it says you can upload media into Affirmations, they appear on the site, but they won’t be mailed out. It was a bit… Read More