As this is posted, it’s four days before Christmas. I’m in Missouri with the Midgorden clan and we’re having a wonderful time. Since the election, I’ve been soothing my frazzled nerves by watching lots of Christmas movies. I don’t watch the news and have even cut back on my check-ins on social media since I’mContinue reading “Four Days Before Christmas and …”
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Serendipity
“Most discoveries even today are a combination of serendipity and of searching.” ~ Siddhartha Mukherjee “In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is dues to our efforts.” ~ Peter McWilliams “I’ve always loved life, and I’ve never known what’s ahead. IContinue reading “Serendipity”
Literature and the Human Soul
“Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain … To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices – today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” ~ Kevyn Aucoin “Literature must restContinue reading “Literature and the Human Soul”
Hummingbird Magic
I have a friend, Rita. She has struggled with finding a career she loves that will provide her with enough money to live comfortably. I can relate to her struggles, but just a few weeks ago she had something wonderful happen. During one of her meditations, she got the message to apply to be aContinue reading “Hummingbird Magic”
It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times
“The truth is, we are all one connected thing.” ~ Ellen DeGeneres “The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” ~ Albert Camus “Countless scientific studies show that steeling yourself against the negative, preparing for the worst, actually putsContinue reading “It was the Best of Times, It was the Worst of Times”