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Wisdom in everyday life

expectations

  • Are you kidding me…

    It’s funny when you think on our lives as one elongated story. Many chapters are the boring ones filled with mundane details outlining our struggles, and what happened along the way with the roster of people assigned to help and those who hurt. Also included are the other chapters containing the horror of your life Read more

  • What expectations

    One of the hardest things to admit is the gigantic amount of energy that is expended holding onto expectations. It’s a difficult day of adulting when you learn that your expectations for life may have been a dream and one found only in your head. Similar to the scene in “Little Miss Sunshine” when big brother Read more

  • the spirituality of life

    It has been a difficult start for 2016 that I have spent most of it in bed. I even went to Minnesota to visit my daughter after I thought I felt stronger and ended up with the flu. My granddaughter and I were getting re-acquainted as we both struggled with pain, what a bonding experience Read more

  • Chances are the first time you dealt with disappointment was when a gift you thought you were going to receive turned out to be something else. You wanted a specific pair of shoes, video game, purse, but you ended up getting something similar or completely different from what you wanted. It was a good gift Read more