When I had my heart attack in 2005, I had an awakening. I learned that life is too short to just live it casually – as if nothing important is happening. But I had a hard time reconciling what I had learned with what I saw most people doing. In fact, I thought there was […]
People don’t normally see the color of our underwear. It’s usually hidden. So we could be wearing rocket ship, space pirate, underwear and no one would know. We could also be wearing old ratty torn underwear and no one would know this either. Like our underwear, there are often other things that we keep hidden […]
Lately, I’ve been working through some more internal “stuff.” The question that has been popping up is, “Who am I to _______?” This question is really a question of worthiness. Who Am I? This has been incredibly frustrating for me, because I thought I had worked through my worthiness issues already when we wrote our […]
Easter Coloring Easter eggs can be fun. We can color them with solid colors, or make them two toned. And sometimes we can swirl the egg in rainbows of brilliant colors. I like easter eggs. Somewhere this Easter lays a person in a hospital bed stuck in a coma. And this person won’t be able […]
We all at times hide behind a mask. Most of us are often completely unaware of it. But living life from behind a mask is costly. Typically, we started creating our masks when we were young. We created them based on what we believed people wanted from us. They were created to project an image […]
How we show up gives people permission to do the same. Therefore, our own way of being is a means of influencing other people. This influence can be positive or negative, depending entirely on how we are showing up in life. Examples of negative ways of showing up Distrustful Self-centered Self-conscious Distant Fearful Guarded Distracted […]
I struggle with wanting to be perfect, or at least to appear perfect. I know that doesn’t make any sense because it’s not even possible. Nonetheless I get really uncomfortable when I need to produce something people will evaluate, especially when it’s something I’ve never done before. Even though it’s something new to me, I […]
I chose to let go of my guide dog Willa. She went back to the guide dog school three weeks ago and is now settled in again with the family that raised her. Basically, she got an early retirement. Originally, I chose to get a guide dog because I wanted some help. I had learned […]
If you never existed, surely some things would be different. The impact you’ve made so far would disappear. Let’s consider what would be different if you never existed. It’s a means to help understand your life’s impact. I got this idea from a book I am reading for fun, from the series, “The Sword of […]
We don’t usually ask how many days we have left. The answer, really is unknowable. But each day, we assume we’ll be around tomorrow. Each week, we assume we’ll be here next week. Each year we think we’ll be here next year too. I certainly held this idea of having plenty of days left when […]
