Living – Writer, Author, Speaker

What if Death Quit Her Job?

Would we rejoice? Maybe. But what about her? Death has had nothing but sadness in her day job. No one likes her. No one wants to see her coming. She clearly does not enjoy her work. Who would? Coming to work is depressing. "Hello, Mrs. Jones. I'm going to take your soul today." And guess what? She has very few (no) friends. And you thought you had a bad job. Somewhere along the way, Death ended up collecting souls as part of the team in Heaven. Eventually she finds out why. And that's not to say everyone goes to heaven...

Authors and Writing,Choices,Creativity,Death,Life,Living,Truth

Once Upon a Time …

Our lives are “hero’s journeys.”

Art,Children,Choices,Creativity,Grateful,Happy,Living,Wonder

AWE

…Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement… ~ Wayne Dyer

Art,Authors and Writing,Courage,Creativity,Fear,Living,Love Yourself,Purpose,Time

The Imposter Syndrome

“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde

Adulthood,Creativity,Distraction,Living,Technology,Time

Did I Remember?

Did I remember to bring … the luggage? the tickets? the kids? Was I supposed to?

Adulthood,Choices,Creativity,Habit,Living

Moderation

"Nobody does moderation well."--Greg McKeown (@GregoryMcKeown) author of "Essentialism, the Disciplined Pursuit of Less" CHERRY PIE by Werner22brigitte at Pixabay When moderation doesn't work. Author, speaker Greg McKeown revealed during a Tim Ferriss Show that he gave up sugar for a year. It was reportedly easier than cutting back, a.k.a. moderation. The folks at Alcoholics Anonymous know moderation doesn't work. An alcoholic cannot 'pick up.' Not even once, or they're back to day one. A newcomer. AA has been around since 1935 and it has worked for a lot of people. 2. Moderation takes discipline. Seems crazy in a way, but sometimes it's...

Chances,Choices,Fear,Future,Habit,Happy,Living,Purpose,Starting,Uncategorized

Boarding Pass

Hand it over. Step across the little gap, and climb aboard the future. You’re on your way.

Choices,Grateful,Happy,Joy,Life,Living

Possibility

I stand at the edge of possibility. It takes my breath away. Every single moment of every single day, we can choose to be the person we were meant to be. I think it's simple. Mostly, we have to get out of our own way. I'm reading The Art of Possibility for the third time. I am convinced that we must commit to being open to the universe, as the authors Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander state. We have to be prepared to receive; able to live in the present; willing to slide through our mistakes on our way to a...

Aging,Chances,Children,Fear,Happy,Life,Living,Purpose,Time

Leave Room in Your Suitcase

[caption id="attachment_media-15" align="alignleft" width="401"] Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com[/caption] So, did you think this post was going to be about travel? Great. It is. But, it's not. Hopefully, we are all going somewhere. However, we are not always going on vacation. Or going out of town. Or going on a safari, per se. We are, however, traveling through life. We need to have our suitcase packed, our selves ready, open, and available to step, fly, jump, and fall forward into the next place. Our metaphorical bags should always be packed, as in why slow down to throw in a toothbrush...

Anti-Social Media,Happy,Joy,Living,Social Media

“JOMO”

[caption id="attachment_757" align="alignnone" width="1880"] Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com[/caption] You've heard of FOMO... Fear Of Missing Out. I just heard of "JOMO." JOMO = Joy Of Missing Out. That means forgetting Facebook, turning off Twitter, and ignoring Instagram. And evading E-Mail for a block of uninterrupted time. Call it what you will, it's a way to decrease our addiction to the 24/7/365 bombardment of noise and distraction simply because we're afraid we won't know what our neighbor knows. We'll miss the client's email or an agent's answer. They can wait. JOMO is about allowing ourselves the joy of being in...