Reflection 1-2021
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Get to Know Your Super-Power
Get to Know Your Super-Power The Power of Creativity Did you know you have a super-power? We all do! Like eyes and ears that process your everyday experiences or lungs that facilitate your breath, your brain and soul merge within you giving birth to your creativity. Actually you use your creativity every day. When you …
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays Never before in our lifetimes has the phrase “home for the holidays” been more literal. The pandemic of 2020 has shattered many holiday norms including gatherings of families and friends. Although different this year, the holiday season is a great opportunity to try new and creative ways of celebrating. One great way …
Daily Reminder
Daily Reminder You are not alone though you sit in your chair filled with sorrow and despair, The trees sway with your body’s movement The birds sing harmoniously with your heart’s song The water trickles and flows like blood through your veins The breeze shares secrets only your ears can hear The sun greets you with …
Veterans
Veterans Heroesraised on rural, farmland fields orsweaty, city sidewalks orsuburban, single family homestogether danced the night awaywith pretty girlswhose pouty red lips grazed their cheekbones. They were so cool. Those glorious daysdid not,could not have foretold,how all things freeare cast like stonesinto a tireless ocean,how all things braveleave their markas footprints in the snow. They …
Holidays Are Heartbeats
Holidays Are Heartbeats Among the greatest challenges to resiliency are holidays. Like an uninvited visitor, holidays arrive at your doorstep, bang incessantly at your door to come in, and then expect you to entertain them with food and frivolity. If you’re like me, the perpetuality of holidays makes you feel like you’d rather stay in …
The Creative Art of Letter Writing
The Creative Art of Letter Writing When I was a child, letter writing was a primary way of communicating between people near and far. I remember in elementary school, probably Fourth Grade or so, my homeroom teacher, who was also my English teacher, assigned each of us a pen-pal. Our pen-pals were from a class that …
Happy People Helping People Strengthens Resiliency
Happy People Helping People Strengthens Resiliency When you think of ways to strengthen your own resiliency, chances are your first instinct is to think about ways you can improve your own behavior and outlook. Although thinking about and implementing new approaches relating to yourself is a good idea, did you ever think to not focus …
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The Winds of Change
The Winds of Change Sometimes as your life changes, you open up new spaces to let in new people, new experiences, new inner strength—all that may not have happened if everything stayed the same. Observing nature and the natural cycles of the seasons for instance, change is a constant. Flowers develop, bloom and die. Leaves …
Add Flowers On Ice
Add Flowers On Ice Flowers, and the art of arranging and displaying them at home is a joyful activity that beautifies any living space. Many years ago, my husband Dan started a tradition of bringing me weekly flowers, especially roses. There were red ones, blush pink ones, lavender and yellow ones, and variegated ones too, …