MESSYNESS KINDNESS AND COMPASSION ALLONE WE’RE ALL MESSY! We’re all messy! I mean all; me, you, everyone. And our mistakes are regular and often. No one escapes! Part of the remedy for our joint messiness is kindness and compassion for ourselves and others. Being kind and compassionate to one is being the same for all. I say …
Meditation Gratitude and Broccoli Three things to make life better! Sounds funny but as I read about a variety of topics and ways to make life better, these three, keep showing up. The topic may be mental health, health, stress, fatigue, healthy eating, peacefulness – these are repeated as common themes. I’ve meditated for decades …
Kids are fun to watch and follow. If you find your life getting a bit boring, follow your child around and do what they do. If you don’t have one, see if you can borrow one. They are so free with their bodies and us adults would do well to be more so. Here’s some …
For many decades, AA people have had gratitude as one of their slogans to live by. The bible says to be thankful in all things. This isn’t a new idea and one that is gaining favor in our current world. For more than 25 years I’ve had an ongoing practice of naming what I’m thankful …
IT’S ALWAYS AN INSIDE JOB I don’t use the word always and never very often – always fits with this idea. Whatever your deal – problem, issue, trouble – the answer or solution is “always an inside job.” At least to some degree. I haven’t applied this idea to every possible situation, so there may be …
Tim McGraw’s song “Live Like You Were Dying” spurs a man into full-on living because of a diagnosis that would kill him. If you don’t know the song its message is similar to this one. I answer the question “How’s it going?” with the title of this piece. “Life’s too short to not be good.” …
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