Sometimes you just have to give yourself a breather and enjoy the now. Share some of your G’Day-moments with us!
…happiness gives us the energy which is the basis of health.
— Henri Frédéric Amiel
During these early days of Spring, 2010, I’m struggling to find answers to questions I can’t even get articulated. And I’ve decided to be patient as I grope for those questions/answers – so, although I’m neither young nor poet, I’m taking to heart Rainier Maria Rilke’s advice when he wrote: Continue reading » Wishing You G’day!
Of all the traps and pitfalls in life, self-disesteem is the deadliest, and the hardest to overcome, for it is a pit designed and dug by our own hands, summed up in the phrase, “It’s no use – I can’t do it.”
— Maxwell Maltz
Lately, my friends have been facing some major challenges. One of my friends is struggling with a breakup – which she initiated. She’s now considering getting back together with the guy because she’s lonely – and her biological clock is ticking.
Another friend has both of her grown sons living with her. The older one just lost his job – AGAIN(!!!) – and the younger hasn’t worked in many, many months. She’s heading towards retirement age but still has a house full of kids that she’s supporting.
Both of these people are Continue reading » Get Out of That Pit
When the project is both confusing and demanding, how do you find the personal energy to get from start to finish?
Nil desperandum. (Never despair.)
— Horace
This past week I powered through a very taxing financial project fraught with a multiplicity of confusing tasks, much personal angst and boat-loads of self-doubt and recriminations. As I transitioned from one challenging task to the next I had to fight the urge to flee, to bug-out, to give up, to throw in the towel…
I knew from past experience that if I just kept going all would eventually come together and make sense. So I nursed myself through the “ordeal” with many mini-breaks along the way. My mantra went something like this: Continue reading » Almost There – Don’t Quit Now
Don’t be yourself, be someone a little nicer.
— Mignon McLaughlin
One of the things that Ellie and I do to improve and expand this blog is to wander (others surf, we wander) the internet searching for people and ideas that we can introduce to you. This weekend, I found an article with a different view of the “small stuff” of life. The author is a wife, mother, blogger and psychology student. She was reflecting on her weekend and the oft quoted, “Rule number one is, don’t sweat the Continue reading » Lost in the Small Stuff
How do we do that?
I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.
— G.K. Chesterton
In last week’s posts we celebrated the helpers who sprung up to assist an injured friend, a cornucopia of new beginnings for an off-the-track fitness resolution and the wellspring of hope that the habit of gratitude engenders. All of which got me to thinking about how to persist in the face of various challenges. Continue reading » Take Action — Show Your Gratitude
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