An impactful question that a former counselor posed to me was, "Are you living life or experiencing life?" I pondered that briefly but knew what she meant. I had been living in my past - reflecting on mistakes, trying to figure out what I should be learning and applying - and living in my future…
For us to make changes in our lives, we must first become aware of the problem/piece that we want to change. We must then investigate this issue: Why do we want to change? What about it needs to be adjusted? Where did this issue come from? What is the source? Does this source need to…
During this time of quarantine from the COVID-19 pandemic we are experiencing, I can tell that everyone, including myself, has many questions and worries about the situation we are in. I, thankfully, am blessed to be in a place where I have food, shelter, medicine, etc. Not everyone has that, and in a time like…
"Patience is a virtue." As I've discussed before, I have been in a period where I've had to wait for things to come. I knew they were coming (and they were good things), but I couldn't do anything about them because it wasn't time yet. Now that the time has come for these things…
I've found that I need to talk things through when I have something on my mind... Which seems to be all the time. From ideas, goals, doubts, anxieties, questions, observations - my mind always seems to have something I want to talk about. For a long time, I would always tell myself "It's interesting…
Your heart is an important item - physically and emotionally. Your physical heart is there to help you be able to live and function. Your emotional heart is there to help you make decisions and feel what is important. In both ways, I feel as if I haven't done a good enough job…
As I continue to reflect on my goals/reminders for myself in 2020 and look at my current to-do list, things can become stressful. I don't handle stress the best, but I start to handle it better when I take a step back... So that's what I did today. The step back I took today…
Hello everyone! Before I get into the meat and potatoes, I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas Eve today and a Merry Christmas tomorrow. For those of you who don't celebrate Christmas, I wish you a Happy Holidays. I hope that the holiday season is enjoyable as you spend time with family and friends.…
I care about a lot. There is so much in life that I put value into. I don't think that many of these things will ever disappear from my "circle of values". Which, to me, is good but scary. It is good because there will always be value in my life and the…
My mind is extremely emotional. My mind is extremely analytical. It's not necessarily a great mixture. But it's who I am... So let's make it work. Here's what I know: I am always thinking about the future. I am always thinking about how each thing that I say, each thing that I do, each…
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