You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair.
— Chinese Proverb
We’ve finally gotten everyone in this great big mess around my father’s house to agree that it really is our house. As they say in Fiddler on the Roof, “Wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles.” Our next step, once the title is insurable, is to list it. Because it’s been listed before, there are pictures online of how it looks now. It is simply GORGEOUS!
It makes me so sad. This is the house my mother would have loved. For her entire married life, she never had a Continue reading » Sadness as Motivation
Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
— Buddha
Do you work like a dog? When we use that phrase, we often mean that we’re working really, really hard… and not necessarily feeling good about it.
Have you ever watched a dog work? It truly is a sight to behold. Dogs work with such dedication and focus that they often put us to shame. Watch any service dog. Their focus is on the person that they are serving. They don’t get bored. There’s never a thought that the person isn’t good enough for them. They serve with their whole hearts.
Some dogs even volunteer. They go to Continue reading » Working Like a Dog
This post is part of the Pet Writer’s Blog Carnival.
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
— Richard Wagner
Today, Wonder Dog (WD) and I walked to the local grocery store. We were going there because I have recently discovered Redbox (www.Redbox.com). If you’re not familiar with Redbox, it’s the magic machine in most local grocery stores that lets you rent a relatively recent movie for just $1.00. What a deal, when you go out to the website you can watch trailers and reserve a movie at a particular location. Then you go pick it up and it’s due by 9:00 the next evening or, horror of horrors, you owe them… another dollar. This I can afford.
But Redbox isn’t why I’m writing this post. I’m writing because I have discovered the secret of creation. I know this sounds a bit Continue reading » Joy to the World
You can’t teach people to be lazy – either they have it, or they don’t.
— Dagwood Bumstead
I’m Catholic, so for me, guilt is a major part of my life. And since winter is here, it’s a good thing too. Guilt may be the only thing that saves me from staying indoors until it warms up.
Winter may not officially start until the winter solstice, but we are definitely into the cold part of the year. Here in Southern California where we don’t really have four seasons, it has been a strange fall. We’ve had more rain than usual, which is great for this desert we live in, and we’ve had hot dry 80+ degree days mixed in. Now we’re getting cold and blowy days followed by colder nights – closer to freezing.
When it’s cold or rainy or gloomy, I tend to want to be a Continue reading » What’s Guilt Got to Do With It?
Do you ever feel as if your life is just one big struggle? I know I do.
In her book, End the Struggle and Dance with Life
, Susan Jeffers focuses on what it means to have a successful life. She takes issue with how goal oriented we are – often at the expense of the rest of our lives. In great big bold type she declares:
GOALS ARE NOT OUR LIFE. NOW IS OUR LIFE.
In even bigger type she shouts: Continue reading » Struggle Less
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