With the approaching birthday celebration of my youngest daughter, as with every year for each one of my off spring, I pause to reflect about gifts and lessons I have received from them. Oh daughter number three taught me most importantly "a community raises a child". With a lightheartedness, kindness and generous amounts of love … Continue reading Family Mindfulness
Is That All There Is
A very interesting moon shining in the east on yet another bitter cold morning. It's just a sliver or as one of my kids said once when they were younger "the moon looks like a clipped toe nail". If you were to have just been dropped on this planet and had never seen the moon … Continue reading Is That All There Is
Did I Miss The Memo…….close your mouth!!!
Did I miss the memo? Since when did big mouth, peering down your throat smiles replace warmth from inside smiles. A smile is suppose to warm up a room when you walk in. It should transmit reassurance to a child. Denis Waitely says that "a smile is the light that tells others that there is … Continue reading Did I Miss The Memo…….close your mouth!!!
Blindness. Is It The New Epidemic
What an interesting video that has provoked interesting and unorganized thoughts on blindness: Sight.........We only "see" after our brains interpret what's sent to them from our eyes. We all know someone that although has 2 eyes in their head, two perfectly working eyes, yet they are blind. Do the images of life take a detour … Continue reading Blindness. Is It The New Epidemic
A Cookie Is More Than a Calorie
Here we are on the morn of the sixth year I have co-ordinated the Baked Goods table at our parish community Christmas Bazaar. Me, Ms. Health Nut at the Baked Goods table. lol. Yep. I love the chance to flex my self control muscle. I want to share in it's entirety a chapter in my … Continue reading A Cookie Is More Than a Calorie
Mouth Yoga
I got curious months ago in observing faces of folks while out n about. So many people in their busyness of days walk around with scowls and frowns leading to prematurely wrinkling. With no apparent and visual signs of physical discomfort, there are permanent frown like expressions pasted upon so many faces. Cheeks are long … Continue reading Mouth Yoga
I’m So Proud And Happy And Successful That I Just Hate Myself And Everything Around Me.
Is your purse a metaphor for your life?????? I'm So Proud And Happy And Successful That I Just Hate Myself And Everything Around Me..
Work Only Your “Good Hours” to Become More Productive
Finally! Permission to know when to go and more importantly, know when to stop! One of the benefits to being an entrepreneur is the hours. Setting your hours of operation around your life. You will do yourself, your business, your clients, your families the best of service in recognizing when you're at your best. If … Continue reading Work Only Your “Good Hours” to Become More Productive
Cartoonist Scott Adams on How to Build Willpower for the Weak | TIME.com
The Not Big Anymore, Formerly Fat Guy
Researchers say we humans have a limited supply of willpower, like a muscle that can be exhausted. If we use up our willpower resisting one temptation we will have less in reserve to resist the next. That’s a big deal …
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Starting with the obvious —
We disagree that turning down a cupcake makes you less likely to be able to turn down a relationship-busting sexual misadventure.
But having said that, the rest of this particular article is a good read. Click the link about to click through and read the article.
Can you combine something you’re not really looking forward to, with something you will REALLY look forward to, so that the overall event is pleasurable? For example could you combine an all-out weightlifting session with a soak in the gym’s hot tub…
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Between A Rock and A Hard Place
TV, no need to rant about how much of a time sucker it can be! No need to quote studies that prove how directly related a health status can be in relation to the amount of television watch. Or the deterioration of relationships and family life due to hours of viewing time. We got … Continue reading Between A Rock and A Hard Place
