Like many people I thought that once the elections were over, we would have some peace from the political insanity. Nope. Not gonna to happen. But maybe that’s a good thing. Like many of you, I’m exhausted. But I just keep thinking that I have to continue plugging along trying in my small way toContinue reading “It’s An Opportunity”
Category Archives: personal growth
My Guest Post: Moving Forward
Today my weekly Sage Woman Chronicles post will appear on Dorothy Hoffman Sander’s blog at agingabundantly.com. I don’t remember exactly how we met, except that it was through social media. She and I have similar educational backgrounds, though her B.A. is in Economics, she studied Theology and spiritual direction, and my first major was inContinue reading “My Guest Post: Moving Forward”
Lessons from the Heat Pump Saga
“Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one’s journey is easy. It’s how they handle it that makes people unique.” ~ Kevin Conroy “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.” ~ Carl Jung “The more you do stuff, the better you get at dealing with howContinue reading “Lessons from the Heat Pump Saga”
How Writing Is Like Life
“That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can’t control life, at least you can control your version.” ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Stranger than Fiction “I have spent a good many years since – too many, I think – being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before IContinue reading “How Writing Is Like Life”
We All Have Scars
“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see the possibilities … always see them … for they’re always there.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” ~ Maya Angelou After nearly threeContinue reading “We All Have Scars”