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Wisdom from Martha Graham:. “Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” And that adversity can be as intense as waiting in line at McDonalds to suffering an illness or tragedy. The refiner keeps putting the gold back into the fire until all the dross is burned off and the gold is pure. […]

A New Perspective I stood up on my sofa today to dust a picture frame that I had not dusted in a while. As I was now at eye level with the top of the frame, I could see a thick layer of dust that I had not noticed before when I was at ground

Wisdom from Gary Chapman: “Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas.” I also saw that the average doctor gives us 11 seconds to tell what is wrong and why we are there. LISTENING is a lost art! Any “artists” out there willing

Wisdom from Charles Glassman: “Kindness begins when we realize that we ALL struggle.” Maybe I don’t totally understand what you are going through, but I sure know what going through something FEELS LIKE! Be kind. That’s my good thought for today!

Choosing the “Difficult” Wisdom from Jim Bishop: ” It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. ” How often am I anxiously dreading the future or regrettably looking at the past? Today might

We love to say that. We love to try and believe that. We want that thought to ease the pain of tough times. We want it to help when we can’t understand a great loss. We hope it will soothe us when things are not going the way we wanted. We really, really want to

The Gift of Listening Saw this quote this morning; “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand, but with the intent to reply.”  How often am I guilty of that?! One of the most important gifts we can give someone is to listen, and really hear her. as she speaks. Most people don’t

To Live, or Just Be Alive https://youtu.be/ksqH6OHrkYs Say I Won’t by Mercy Me I left Vermont in 2014. All I had was what fit into my car. The background noise in my head was that I would not ever do anything of significance nor be able to take care of myself very well at all.

Thirsty? For many years I was on some medications that were supposed to “fix” what was wrong inside of me. Well, they didn’t. But they did something else. One of the side effects was a dry mouth. Ordinarily, when someone’s mouth is dry, the natural thing to do is to drink some water. My mouth

Wisdom from Three Dog Night “One is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do”. My brother reminded me of this great wisdom from an old 60’s-70’s band. We were born as helpless babies into the arms of our family. Why? Because we could not survive all alone! And we were helpless for much more of