Happiness
Faith, Forgiveness, Gratitude, Hanging In There, Happiness
I’M DREAMING OF A CALM CHRISTMAS
Paulie and I decided we would tag team blog this week and both write about the holiday season; the woes that come along with the cheer. Paul wrote…. To compare is to despair. Whether your celebrating Christmas or Hanukah let the spirit of the event be the raft you cling to when the tidings of discomfort and “Oy vey” rise within you. Remember why we gather together in the first place. He touches on two big things in this paragraph… Read More
NOEL NEUROSIS
Having written musicals and television specials celebrating Christmas you probably assume that I welcome the season with mistletoe and holly flavored “Ho Ho Ho’s!” After all, I’m the guy that wrote the songs for “Emmet Otter’s Jug band Christmas” and “The Muppet Christmas Carol. “A Muppet Christmas, Letters to Santa” was my idea. I co-wrote the story, teleplay and wrote the songs. In the early eighties I played Santa’s chief elf Ed in “The Night They Saved Christmas.” Not my… Read More
Bravery, Freedom, Guides, Hanging In There, Happiness, Living Fully, Mindfulness, Patience
LET IT BE or SOMETIMES DOWN DOG IS ENOUGH
Sometimes in life you just have to let things be. Now, this is not always easy for me and for many it’s often easier said than done. It’s a topic we address here are at Gratitude and Trust from time to time. But last week I was blown away by an example that I just had to share. I tend to be a serious type A. I worry when I’m not accomplishing and doing, and I have the not so… Read More
Addictions, Forgiveness, Happiness, Kindness, Living Fully, The Right Stuff
ON FRIENDSHIP
After all this reflection, I came to the conclusion that I am lacking the gratitude and trust that friendships require. I am taking my friends and friendships for granted. I am expecting way too much from those around me and possibly not enough from myself. I believe I need to change my perspective on what it means to be a friend. Right now, my expectations within friendships are somewhat unrealistic. This includes holding friends up to standards of inclusion and sharing… Read More
CONFESSION OF A PROFESSIONAL OPTIMIST!
I try to hide it, but most of the time I‘m my Father’s son, and his glass was neither half-empty nor half-full—it was overflowing. His generation of our family overcame poverty, prejudice and struggle. They experienced a Depression and a World War. Of my father’s six siblings, one was institutionalized for over fifty years, two were incarcerated after felony convictions. A sister-in-law was murdered. In my generation we have experienced great successes but also overdose, suicide and AIDS—the last… Read More