The Gift of Health is Keeping Me Alive
Here it is June, almost half way through the year. I know many of us make New Year’s resolutions in January about being healthy. How are you doing? By the […]
Why are we here?
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Health, LifestyleMeet my Gregory. He’s my oldest child — just turned 21. This photo was taken at our celebration of his birthday. I have two other children, Nicholas (18) and Jacquelyn […]
Responsibility
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceAs a woman, all my life, I’ve coddled and placated people when things haven’t gone right for them, saying things like, “I understand”, or “I know how hard it is”. […]
"It's not a problem, only an inconvenience"
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Have Money, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceI have to admit it. My husband, Jim, is the smartest person I know. We’ve been married since 1988 and together since 1983. He’s always been there. My rock. The […]
Happiness for Dummies – W. Doyle Gentry, PhD I figured this book would be kind of fun and light — it’s not. The author summed up the book’s intention in […]
The Serenity Prayer – A Challenge
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Have Money, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceDid you ever wonder where the Serenity Prayer came from or what the intention was when it was written? I googled and found this on a website http://www.thevoiceforlove.com/serenity-prayer.html and I have […]
Foster Bold Dreams, Bolder Actions
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceI‘ve been reading The Everyday Entrepreneur written by Rob Basso. Chapter 5 was one in which I found myself reflecting on things I have been working on or thinking about, […]
Think and Grow Rich – by Napoleon Hill
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Health, Work Life BalanceThis was a most amazing book. Andrew Carnie, of steel manufacturing fame, charged Napoleon Hill with writing this book. It was written in 1937, took 28 years to complete the research, and […]
Happiness for Dummies: Hardiness (Chapter 6)
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Have Money, Health, Work Life BalanceI do marvel that Happiness for Dummies is not a “dummies” book, that it does have valid content that makes you think! Dr. Gentry described hardy personality in Chapter 6 […]
Happiness for Dummies – Chapter 5, Optimism
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceSo, we’ve heard about the power of positive thinking and optimism, or the “glass half full/half empty” mentality. But, I didn’t really know all of the ramifications of having the half […]
Happiness for Dummies: Knowing What Happiness Isn't
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Have Money, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceSo, the book review continues, you can read on here or join in on the forum — I’d love to start some real dialogue. As timetoplay.com (by the way the […]
Happiness for Dummies – W. Doyle Gentry, PhD
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Have Money, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceIt’s been a while since I posted in this blog, mostly because I didn’t want to supersede the last blog post, Learning: the Key to Enjoying Life. But, I started […]
Learning: The Key to Enjoying Life
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceI think I’ve finally got it. I think I’ve finally figured out how to enjoy life. I had an “ah ha” moment (thank you Jim Ryan for the terminology of […]
The Power of Now — a journey to discovery
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Have Money, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceDon’t know if you have had the time to join in / read the book discussion re: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, but I’m up to page 65. Here’s what […]
The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceI started reading The Power of Now yesterday. I’m only up to page 14, and have seen some promise in this book as part of my journey of discovery. Bare with […]
Could Demi Moore Have Benefitted from www.timetoplay.com?
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Happiness, Have Money, Health, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceSo, yesterday my husband was talking to someone who described what they thought www.timetoplay.com was. She said she thought it was a networking site. You know, that description does kind of describe it. […]
Time for US to Make Things Change
A Reflection - Life Lessons, General Information, Have Money, Lifestyle, Work Life BalanceHow can we make things change? How many times can we think that someone is going to fix everything for us? Do we really think a new president will fix […]