This hangs in our family room, and almost every morning, I read from it. I don’t necessarily succeed in living all these rules on a daily basis, but given so many of my life experiences and memories, I do try to live in a way that I practice the following as often as possible: Be […]
As much as I love April because it is my birth month and because another academic year transitions to summer, it is also often the cruelest month as we reflect on all that still needs to be done and the short amount of time we have to do it. April is the cruellest month, breeding […]
Some real, do-able, every-day habits here in the following article. I excerpted the 5 habits below, and I especially like the section on service. Being of service is about action, and I like that all of these habits are about purposeful action. The 5 Habits of Purposeful People Habit #1: Live in the present moment. […]
A couple of things this week caught my attention this, but I haven’t had a chance to follow up or watch yet, so I store them here to come back to. This is a documentary called “All of Me” which “shines light on our attitudes and prejudices about obesity — its causes, challenges, and the […]
Calm you shall keep and carry on you must.
This is much, much, easier said than done, but deliberate breathing always helps. 🙂 “You don’t always need a plan sometimes you just need to breath, trust, let go, and see what happens”
I’ve never been a huge April Fool’s Day fan. It seems kinda cruel, and when a friend’s partner texted to let usr know he had broken his ankle, it was just believable enough that he had us for second. We kinda got him back…by making up something about his favorite sushi restaurant. Most importantly, today […]
This image reminded me of all of the benefits of exercise. All of the following are true for me. I was telling a friend just today that it’s a busy, stressful next couple of weeks, and I was beginning to worry about how everything would get done. Without even thinking, I said I will make […]
I’m pretty sure I might have posted something like this before, but it’s a good one. 🙂
I was telling some friends tonight that I thought it had been about one year since we came and looked at the house that has become our home. I went to my facebook and sure enough, we first came to see the house on March 29, 2013, which was Good Friday last year. We weren’t […]