Every year between the end of October and Christmas, I evaluate my life, the past year, my goals/dreams and the goals and dreams of my family. I ask questions like: Are we making progress? Are we in a better place than we were at this time last year? Is everyone happy? Is everyone generally healthy? Are the kids making good…
I don’t often get philosophical here. I usually reserve those thoughts for my private journal, but a conversation with a friend has inspired me to share here this morning. We were talking about the Las Vegas shooting, the fact that the governor of Florida has declared a state of emergency over an upcoming speaker, the “dead zone” in the Gulf…
I’ve always had a crafty bent. I started off life as a fiction writer–I wrote my “first book” at the tender age of 5. It was a short book about rainbows, written, illustrated, and “published” by me. I don’t remember how I did it, but I created a hard back cover for my book and displayed it in my room…
NOTE: I believe there is Truth in ALL religions and philosophies. I use Jesus and the Bible in this post simply because that is the reference from the book I’m talking about. At one point in my life, I took on the project to compare and contrast major (and some minor) world religions, and I found that in important Spiritual…
Seasonal Affective Disorder, also called Winter Depression, effects about 24% of the American population. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is depression that a person experiences only during the late fall and winter months. Their depression lifts as Spring approaches and the days lengthen. There are several theories as to why this occurs. The shortened days cause a change in serotonin production.…
I hope all my American readers have a wonderful holiday filled with family (biological or chosen), friends, and happiness. As for us, we’ll be spending the day with most of our kids, and some good friends. For me, Thanksgiving is a time remember to focus on the good things in my life. I tend to be more of a natural…
My yearly evaluation is complete, and I have a strong handle on my goals, desires and intentions for the coming year. So much, in fact, that in essence I’m starting 2017 “early.” I’ve finished all the 2016 projects that I’m going to get done before the calendar changes and it’s time to look ahead. What did I accomplish in 2016?…
Health is important. But, to what end? Are you pursuing health for the sake of health itself, or to better enable you to do the things you love? Sometimes we get caught up in the idea of pursuing health for its own sake. While that’s not a bad goal, I find that I’m more motivated to do things I dislike…
About 20 years ago, in a Unity church in Mesa, Az, I met a minister named Joel Baehr. The one thing I always loved about Joel was his attitude. He was always upbeat, always positive, always trusted in the absolute perfection of the Universe. In his sermons, Joel tended to focus a lot on physical healing. In fact, Joel was…
I’ve decided to completely reorganize my office. I work from home, and my office is a small room just outside the dining room. It’s a fairly small room, with an open doorway. I’m constantly being interrupted by kids, pets, and my husband since there is no way to close the door. When we moved here I brought along my huge…