Whew!! Â I am struggling to learn some thing new. I have never been very high tech. Â In fact, my first five books were written in long hand and I hired a typist just as I had done for my dissertation in graduate school. Â At the urging of friends I decided to give the computer a go and amazed myself that I could type and think simultaneously. When it came to the internet, I again was t[...]
14 I referred to the spiritual value inherent in the slogan, Let Go and Let God, in the last blog. Â I mention it again because it's so important to free ourselves of stress and any time we try to take the reigns that either belong to some one else or to God, we are going to be met with frustration, stress, anger or, at the very least, resistance. Â No one wins when we are intent on trying to[...]
I'm not sure who coined the phrase, "it is what it is," but it fits for so many situations and it's used by every one. Â It's not surprising to hear television commentators use it with as much frequency as the ordinary citizen. Â One reason it resonates with me is that it implies acceptance and surely, there's much we simply have to accept. Â There is very little in our control at the end[...]
It's so good to get back to the blog. Â I have been letting other aspects of life get in the way and I have missed connecting with you. Â It's an activity that keeps me grounded and I need the grounding, I assure you. Â I have multiple balls in the air on most days. The really great news in my life right now is the release of my newest book: Let Go Now: Embracing Detachment. I am really e[...]
I pose that question because I think it's worthy of consideration in every conversation I Â have. Â I have tried over the past few years to let those words guide me when sharing my opinions with others. Â It's simply so natural for me to think I have all the answers; that my assessment of any situation is the correct one. Â However, what may be right for me is not necessarily right for som[...]
I was in a great conversation with some women friends this morning. Â In fact, we talk every morning about the spiritual journey we share. Â It's not only a wonderful way to begin the day but it's a great opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the world we share with so many others. Â Our conversations always center on leaving the world a more peaceful place than we may found it wh[...]
Yesterday was my birthday. Â Admitting my age makes me sound far older than I feel. Â I was 71. Â Yikes!! Â And I can honestly say I don't feel any thing close to that. Â In fact, in many respects, I feel younger as the years pass. Â I find that curious but I know it's true for many others too. Â Perhaps it has to do with how we are choosing to live our lives. Â Enumerating what's been dif[...]
My mother passed away in 1998 but not a single day goes by that I don't think fondly of her.  I was particularly reminded of her at church yesterday.  Our  minister honored those mothers present and those mothers no longer with us.  It's a miracle that I think so fondly of my mother, actually, because we were not great friends in my early adulthood.  We were more or less estranged af[...]
I mentioned in the last blog the joy of reconnecting with Ellen, a friend I had seen very little of since our graduation from high school in Indiana nearly 55 years ago. Â As I write that number, I am absolutely amazed at how quickly time passes, never to be repeated. Â Moment by moment our lives pass us by and then an event occurs that triggers a "look back," and we're shocked. Â The real[...]
The first time I heard that the definition of insanity was repeating the same behavior, over and over again, expecting different results; I knew my name had been called. Â I simply had never known I could make an entirely new choice in how I interpreted what others were doing or saying. Â Nor did I understand that I could choose a decidedly different response to the data presented to me. Â[...]
