Teaching found me. I didn’t plan to be a teacher. Did you become the superhero, doctor, or fireman, that you imagined as a child? My son wanted to drive the big garbage truck and smash trash. While you may have taken a straight line to your imagined future, few [...]
Are you like me, looking for clarity in a world gone crazy? I will share the three steps that helped me the most in my ongoing journey to get clear about my work. Distractions Everywhere you turn choices clamor for my attention. You can’t even walk down the aisle of [...]
Vulnerability. We fear it. But we need it to press on and live a wholehearted life. Brené Brown, in Daring Greatly, defines vulnerability as "uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.” The Promise I made a promise to myself. The promise involves uncertainty. It requires risk. The emotional exposure makes my [...]
Why do we fight change? Insects, animals, and plants accept change as the natural order of life. Not so much for the human species. Today, I offer you 25 encouraging quotes for change to help you face the future. We don't like change. We don't want to do it. [...]
Living your fullest life doesn’t come without challenges. You need the courage to press on. Even when you approach life with optimism and hope, something happens that rocks you to the core. A chiding voice swells up within your head to remind you of your imperfections. Frozen in fear, [...]
One day, I sat down to write, and nothing would come. No words. No thoughts. Nothing. I could not unlock the thoughts. The words caught in my throat—hanging just beyond my breath. I desperately sought a way to unlock the thoughts suffocating in my head. Words seemed lost. The [...]
Find What Matters Sometimes . . . You just need to think. And, ask a few questions to find what matters. Simple things like: Who am I? When will the sadness stop? What’s my purpose? Where do I go from here? How do I find—me? Have you ever had [...]
No one ever told me we can't fix people—or I didn't listen. The words from Eowyn Ivey’s novel, The Snow Child, grasped all my feelings and threw them into the silence that occupied my heart. “We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing [...]
Don’t give up. You never know what lies within a broken system or a broken heart. On Mother’s day, my oldest son brought me a blue orchid for Mother’s Day. He knows I love blue, or it might have been the only one left. Who knows. It is the [...]
Is it just me, or do we seem to need more kindness reminders in this raging current of divisiveness and mistrust? This year, I chose to focus on inspiring kindness, optimism, and possibilities. Kindness “The quality or state of being kind” (Merriam-Webster) From Google . . . “The quality [...]
