Yearly Archives:: 2012

Sleepy Time

April 20th, 2012
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I love the scent of lavender.  Too bad there isn’t smell-a-vision for the picture above, right?

At the farmer’s market near my office, a lavender farmer is one of the vendors and it is heavenly to smell the soaps, creams and oils he sells.  I knew you could cook with  lavender but I didn’t know that it had secret sleeping powers.  Browsing around in one of my health books, I came upon some information that might help those of you who are struggling with getting a good night’s sleep.

Grief can put your sleeping patterns into a netherworld of having … Read More

The Slip Slide of Time

April 19th, 2012
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Time just seems to slip slide away when you find yourself navigating a loss. I’m not talking about how quickly time can seem to go while living our lives.  I’m talking about the strange sensation that where time seem to go back and forth between the past and present while trying to recover from a loss or a trauma.  It seems to slip slide all over the place.  When I feel this happening to me, I take it as a sign that my life needs to slow down a bit and be experienced in smaller increments.  Thinking about the future… Read More

Small Things With Great Love

April 18th, 2012
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My small thing today is to take good thoughts, good vibes, good prayers and anything else that’s good and mix it with lots and lots of “great love” and send it directly to a very special woman who is going into surgery. She is a quiet fighter and I admire the way she has handled her journey so much!! xo p.s.  Thanks Silver Pen for sharing the perfect thought!… Read More

Letting Go

April 17th, 2012
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Longer, warmer days are making me yearn for a simpler life. Lighter clothes and lighter food are definitely the way to go.  There’s something about the change in seasons that makes me want to lighten my material load here on earth and get about to the de-cluttering of my nest.  This past weekend I was cleaning the house and I started pulling stuff out of my closet and making piles of “keep,” “donate” or “give away.”  Getting  rid of things you never use or wear feels so great!  But de-cluttering isn’t just about your material things. You can de-clutter your… Read More

Looking For Serenity

April 16th, 2012
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Resilience is having the ability to bend with change and when I am working on building emotional resilience within myself, I am reminded of Reinhold Niebuhr’s famous serenity prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference. I have found it best to start in small ways.  Almost every day, I try to examine what has happened and why.  Not in an overly analytical way, but in a way that makes me more aware of my responses and behaviors.  One way… Read More

Happiness Is A Choice

April 13th, 2012
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Today’s post is a continution of yesterday’s chat about life being easier to navigate when you embrace a positive attitude.  As the below story says, happiness is a choice, and you can practice it as much as you want!! A very good friend sent me this story that was recently published in a British newspaper called The Guardian.  It gently addresses the thoughts of people who know they are at the end of their lives and talk about what they wish they had done a little more.  The story is timely because it gets right to the core of addressing… Read More

Being Positive

April 12th, 2012
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My son came home from college for a brief Easter break and happily it caused a shift in my outlook. For me, the take away message of his visit is all about the importance of having a positive attitude.  Maybe it’s young energy or maybe it’s because he has a smaller plate of responsibilities than I do but my son has a wonderful tendency to find happiness in many things.  Just by being around him, I am reminded that being positive makes living a lot easier. Do you think that sounds obvious?  Maybe so.  But if being positive is so… Read More

Playing With The Moon

April 11th, 2012
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Playing With The Moon By Amir Jutt You invited us into the world of science and made us love it as you did.  You taught us that writing simply and elegantly is not as easy as you made it look.  You passed on more to us than you will ever know. For all of the stories you told before anyone else knew them, for all of the stories you wrestled out of other people’s brains and for all of the stories that flowed from your ever constant fingers on the keyboard, this picture is for you on your special day.… Read More

Spring Into Action

April 9th, 2012
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I hope everyone had a beautiful Easter and Passover celebration!   This wonderful quote that I found on The Silver Pen (www.thesilverpen.com) says it all don’t you think?   Let’s go for it!!… Read More