Acceptance
Acceptance, Growth, Hanging In There
YOU’RE ONLY AS OLD AS YOU’RE REAL
I turn fifty-seven today….no…no…no… this is not a ploy to get endless birthday greetings. It’s just aging is on my mind. I had to talk about Medicare with the WGA the other day. That was a new type of conversation for me to have. “So, when I get to sixty-five, you guys only cover dental?” Sixty-five…Hold on, I’m adjusting to 57. People say they don’t think about aging and I’m not sure that is true. It’s hard not to. We… Read More
Acceptance, Accomplishment, Action, Change
THE WAY TO BE SOMETHING IS TO SIMPLY BE IT
One of the biggest things people grapple with is “How do I just be the person I want to be?” How do I jump in and get the things I want to get. And oddly, like with most things the answer is simple – just do it or in this case just be it. Be the change you wish to see. ~Gandhi People yearn for more love. Yet for many unique reasons they cannot seem to get the love they… Read More
Acceptance, Moving Forward, Right Action
RELATIVELY SUCCESSFUL
The other evening I had dinner with a long-time pal. He gets to town every couple of months and, being from the Midwest, jumps at the chance to eat Mexican food whenever he’s this close to the border. Normally we talk about what great families we are blessed to have and dirt bikes and camping – in that order – but this night he was way off center. He kept talking about work. My friend has managed a successful… 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
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