Oct 5, 2015
All this political stufff is driving me crazy. And I don’t even have a TV! My granddaughter, Amberley Brynn McGuire, was born a few days ago. I find myself wondering, “What kind of future can this child have? If some people have their way, she won’t have health...
Sep 16, 2015
Remember a couple of issues ago, I talked about pausing to experience gratitude every time I got in my car? Well, the circumstances of my life got a bit whirly, and I completely forgot that lovely practice. However, after some time I came to my senses, and I started...
Aug 24, 2015
Lately, in an attempt to soothe feelings of disappointment, I’ve been saying “it is what it is” to myself. You know, expectations cause such trouble! In my case, I had not just a simple expectation, but an entire string of expectations. And, as is their...
Aug 9, 2015
A reader writes about gratitude, and a great way to fall asleep: I like to write gratitudes in my journal just before bed, but often, like you, I forget to do it. So after I’m luxuriating under the covers and feeling great gratitude for my pillows and sheets and...
Aug 3, 2015
I want to feel gratitude more frequently in my life, but it seems that I just forget to do it. I drive a lot. Running errands, I’m in and out of the car a lot. So I combined gratitude and driving. Now, whenever I get in the car, and before I put it in gear, I close my...
Jul 24, 2015
We were in the Boundary Waters for two weeks. Wonderful. The Loons sang us to sleep, and the White Throated Sparrows sang us awake. Deer moseyed into our campsite, paused to look, and moseyed out again. Birds pecked for seeds at my feet. I loved that the...