“You can mark my words, something is about to break.” I heard the words of the song several years ago and immediately printed them out. They hung about my computer until the tornadoes of 2011 rearranged everything in my life. In some ways, I think I am still struggling to get things together. In other ways, I KNOW I am still struggling to put things together. No matter what I face, I know that if …Continue reading
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Sharing Words of Reflections to Inspire and Encourage
Some weeks the world looks at my schedule and agrees to comply. This was not one of those weeks. Life and the world conspired to break me down and crush me under their weight. It would have been an easy thing to do – just lie down and be crushed. I made the choice to not slow down because a moving target is MUCH harder to hit. I missed sharing my adventures around the internet …Continue reading
Finding My Way
Getting to my destination requires that I continue to move forward. It also calls for me to watch where I am going. Every now and then I have to take a moment to reflect on where I have been. Driving to my success takes daily efforts (even on those days when I would prefer to curl back up in bed and hide). This week my reflection took me over to Facebook where I reworked my …Continue reading
Growing My Purpose – Week of Jan 27, 2012
Trying to Stay Focused in the Chaos Last week we stayed busy with my birthday, my brother and his family in town visiting and the regular activities that keep us hoping. I think there may have been one day when the house was not filled with company for 10 hours – but the rest of the busy days have made that one day blurry. Things can get easily sidetracked when focus goes to another issue. …Continue reading
Growing My Purpose – Week of January 20 2012
My New Year pushed me to give my personal writing all of my focus. That meant stepping away from most of my clients and putting all of my energy into books, novels and blogs. I discovered that I am even more adept at procrastination than I ever imagined possible, but I am working on new habits that will help me break that tendency. I joined the wonderful writers over at The Great Blog Adventure this …Continue reading
Finding the Right Limits
The movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” came on free the other day. My husband sat down with me and watched it – mainly because I think he just did not want to have to get up and move. What I thought was going to be a traditional chic flick turned into a touching and inspirational experience. We had already been moving to a place where there would be less in our lives, but the movie …Continue reading
