Gratitude and Trust: Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life

Living Fully, Moving Forward, Patience, Trust

WHELMED

I’ve been whelmed the last few days.  Not ‘overwhelmed’.  Just whelmed.  So fully preoccupied with responsibilities and deadlines that gears creaked to a halt and everything creative or clever just quit.  Stopped.  Unproductive as a government shut down. In the dictionary ‘whelm’ is described as a transitive verb 1: to turn (as a dish or vessel) upside down usually to cover something; cover or engulf completely with usually disastrous effect. 2: to overcome in thought or feeling Disastrous effect.  That’s… Read More

Clarity, Living Fully, Mindfulness, Moving Forward

MOVE LIKE A JELLYFISH

  A very interesting article appeared in the science section of the New York Times this week.  It discussed the way jellyfish move through the water. Stick with me on this. I am going somewhere, maybe not like a jellyfish, but you will see. The article states – “In the first phase, the jelly contracts its open bell and pushes water behind it, propelling itself forward. Then, the bell returns to its original shape and fills with water again. Earlier studies had… Read More

Living Fully

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.

Living Fully

“There are three perquisites for living: 1. Be yourself. 2. Get over yourself (Things people have done to you; things you have done to others) 3. Have a strong commitment to something greater than yourself.”

Freedom, Living Fully, Moving Forward

It happens to everyone as they grow up. You find out who you are and what you want, and then you realize that people you’ve known forever don’t see things the way you do. So you keep the wonderful memories, but find yourself moving on.

Living Fully

There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he on day passed away, His insurance was denied, For since he never really lived, They claimed he never really died.