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Ask for Ice Cream!

April 26, 2011 - Posted by Ellie_and_PattiAnn

Photo credit: Nikki L.

Do you know what you want? Then ask for it!

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask.

— Jack Canfield

Yep, last week PattiAnn and Ellie needed (and took) a short spring break. And, break or no break, we didn’t want you to be disappointed when you dipped back into BouncebackCafe.com this week. So we collaborated on this post beforehand; we do hope you enjoy the following Continue reading » Ask for Ice Cream!

Doing It My Way

April 19, 2011 - Posted by PattiAnn

Photo credit: stevendepolo

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

— Dalai Lama

In the Epilogue to Better Than Good: Creating the Life You Can’t Wait to Live, Zig Ziglar said that a very long time ago, he learned the answer to the question, “What would you change in your life if you had it to live over?” When asked this, one woman replied that she wouldn’t change anything because that meant that she wouldn’t be where she was now and she loved where she was right then. It made me wonder whether I Continue reading » Doing It My Way

Touching the Walls on Both Sides

September 1, 2010 - Posted by Ellie

Photo credit: Divine in the Daily

How do you live inside hope?

…if you’re lucky, you’ll find a way to live inside hope, running down its hallways touching the walls on both sides.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Puts me in mind of the time I learned to dance on a moving log…

Hope arouses a passion for the possible.

— William Sloan Coffin

There I was, arms flailing in a desperate attempt to stay upright on the suspended rough hewn pine log… consumed with the fear of falling… ready to give up almost before I’d begun… Continue reading » Touching the Walls on Both Sides

Recreating Our Stories

May 5, 2010 - Posted by PattiAnn

photo credit: Raymond Brown

Our past is a story existing only in our minds. Look, analyze, understand, and forgive. Then, as quickly as possible, chuck it.

— Marianne Williamson

Are you living a script that you never consciously chose? I find that I’m not actually living the script, but that some part of me wishes that I were.

What my parents wanted for me was a conventional life. To them, conventional equaled safe. And safe equaled going to a “good” college, and getting a “good” job. Dad probably assumed that I’d get married, but Mom was so unhappy that she hoped that I wouldn’t. At that point, she thought that happiness meant being Continue reading » Recreating Our Stories

From Gratitude Comes Hope

March 18, 2010 - Posted by PattiAnn

photo credit: infomatique

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

— Anonymous

Recently I received the following story in an email. I don’t know who wrote it as it wasn’t attributed to anyone when I received it. If you know who wrote it, please let us know.

I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, “This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to Continue reading » From Gratitude Comes Hope