Tag Archives: Gratitude

Settle Down and Breathe

“Will it make a difference in a hundred years?” ~ James Calvin Sage, about any problem that arises “Gain disguised as loss.” Julia Cameron, The Artist’s Way “Fear is the mind killer.” Frank Herbert, Dune Something I’ve learned in my 71 years of life is that sometimes things that look like disasters end up beingContinue reading “Settle Down and Breathe”

The Hands of Time

This post contains affiliate links. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” ~ Robert H. Schuller “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” ~ Coco Chanel “Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.” ~ Thomas Hardy Time is a human construct.Continue reading “The Hands of Time”

Aging Gratefully

I have to say that over the last few years, I have been more and more grateful to be growing older. In the U.S., and maybe other places as well, growing older is seen as a curse. Maybe that’s starting to change now, but still advertisers would have us believe that looking and feeling youngerContinue reading “Aging Gratefully”

A Month of Gratitude

“Humans are not ideally set up to understand logic; they are ideally set up to understand stories.” ~ Roger C. Schank, Cognitive Scientist “The purpose of the storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.” ~ Brandon Sanderson, fantasy and science fiction writer “Storytelling is theContinue reading “A Month of Gratitude”

Giving Thanks!

“I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.” ~ Brené Brown For those of us in the United States, this is Thanksgiving Day weekend. Like some of our holidays, it’s a bit dubious because we celebrate on the backsContinue reading “Giving Thanks!”