I have chosen to be happy, it’s good for my health. ~ Voltaire There’s a Rotary song with which I grew up trying to play, trying hard to make my short fingers reach the keys. Smile and the world smiles […]
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When you Miss the Mark
…the most important part of any attempt is how you respond when you miss the mark. ~ Thompson, Susan Peirce. Bright Line Eating (p. 237). Hay House. Kindle Edition. A neighbor to my childhood home started a diet every Monday, […]
Continue reading »Points of Commonality
What about the relationships in which we feel trapped? We can’t switch jobs, perhaps, or move to a new neighborhood. How can we tolerate the seemingly harmful relationships? The Course and our Teachers suggest we seek points of commonality with […]
Continue reading »Why Did She Do That?
One will rarely err if extreme actions be ascribed to vanity, ordinary actions to habit, and mean actions to fear. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche We act for a reason, a good one or a bad one. We speak based on emotions, […]
Continue reading »Hey, Self, It’s a Character Defect!
I was very unhappy and discouraged. I felt inadequate and doubted my ability to manage my life and move ahead. I was becoming more and more desperate. Then, out of nowhere, came the thought that I was dealing with a […]
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