March 11, 2009 Set Yourself Free Letting Go of Perfection It is good to remember that one of our goals in life is to not be perfect. We often lose track of this aspiration. When we make mistakes, we think that we are failing or not measuring up. But if life is about experimenting, experiencing, … Continue reading Set Yourself Free
My Forest
Pawpaw, like Mimi, was not one who often belted out the right thing at the right time. In fact he was a shining example of what not to say most of the time. Well, he said something once that stuck with me. A good thing. (He said several bad things that I remember and hopefully … Continue reading My Forest
Insight
Last night I was talking to a friend who happened to be in a funk. I kept trying to be funny to break him of this nasty mood he was in. Then it hit me. I felt like it was my responsibility to free him of this mood. Like it was my job. Once I … Continue reading Insight
Hard Learned Lessons
February 25, 2009 Hard Learned Lessons Bad Days We all have days from time to time when it feels like the world is against us or that the chaos we are experiencing will never end. One negative circumstance seems to lead to another. You may wonder, on a bad day, whether anything in your life … Continue reading Hard Learned Lessons