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Wisdom in everyday life

  • comfort zone

    We hear talk about our comfort zone all the time now. Look at the definition comfort zone noun a situation where one feels safe or at ease. “the trip is an attempt to take the students out of their comfort zone” a settled method of working that requires little effort and yields only barely acceptable… Read more

  • I’m fine

    Don’t you get like that, just wishing people could see there is no real way you could be fine yet you are, fine, that is…just fine. After they ask you know they don’t really want to know if you are fine because they need you to be fine. So you are, just fine. But inside… Read more

  • Birthdays

    I celebrated my birthday yesterday. Funny how people are about birthdays, for me, they have been just another day for years. That started in grade school because my birthday was right at the beginning of school. I always received school clothes for birthday presents, big surprise. It was an untimely birthday. But, all of that’s… Read more

  • resetting the clock

    We humans are experiencing burn-out. Its hot, the world is on fire and it’s making everything difficult. Tempers are flaring with the temperature and without tending to ourselves we will get hot under the collar spewing the excess heat accumulated in our souls on everyone we meet. Like the trash can, we too need to… Read more

  • constantly tested

    We as humans walking on this planet are being constantly tested. Every minute, while we walk, drive, breath, think, be, work, we are being constantly tested. Every minute the decisions we make influence the following minutes, so the constant testing can cause results to happen right away, or later when you least expect it. Every… Read more

  • Life

    One of the biggest misconception in life is the idea that your life is your own and that you are actually in charge. We are very egotistical people and often can’t see what is passing before our eyes. We see what we want to see and feel how we want to feel and pretty much… Read more

  • Dealing with days after death

    Time is the only thing that moves the sting of death. The further one is from the date of the tragedy the further the remembrance of the impact the tragedy produced. We as humans are asked to go through many challenging events, death is but one of them. We are often tested by virtue of… Read more

  • More tragedy, more faith

    I have not written in a while because my heart is broken from events that occurred within one months time. The last time I wrote it was about the death of my father. He had struggled with some physical issues and was tired of living in a body that he couldn’t get to work with… Read more

  • Paradise, while the Earth is burning

    I am in Miami with my daughter to celebrate her birthday. A much needed break from the intensity of 2 babies. We are here to relax and get some sun. I see that the heat I am enjoying is causing the Earth to burn with emotions. It is out of control in in paradise and… Read more

  • Death to life

    My Dad died recently and like all children who lose a parent there is no telling how it will hit you and/or how you will feel. I have a very strong spiritual belief in an afterlife, and a continuation of life. This gives me great relief for as each family member and/or friend leaves the… Read more