You remember that book, The Body Keeps the Score. I think this is especially true with grief. I also think it is lodged in your bones as well as your spirit. My body knew the date before I did, and I felt it all over. Eight years ago, you became totally spirit. Many of us, … Continue reading Dear Hugh, Its been 8 years!!!
What to do With a Life? Especially When You Know You Don’t Know it all!!!
Jim Collins has a new book out, and just the title is pretty deep and sent me off with all kinds of self-reflecting questions. The title is “What to Make of a Life.” It poses a question much like one we have heard so many, many times, but this comes after ten years of research … Continue reading What to do With a Life? Especially When You Know You Don’t Know it all!!!
Love Notes and Why I Write Them and What Stopped me!!!
Dear Sweet Ones, I started writing love notes to my Beachy Beach Office officially in 2010 when I opened. I actually started this practice as an employee working outside sales at a lighting company. I had this loving energy in me and I wanted to get it out. This is when I started using the … Continue reading Love Notes and Why I Write Them and What Stopped me!!!
Gratitude and Grace
No fancy title for this love note today, just two words that, if used in all areas of my life, can magnify what I put out into the world. Gratitude and grace. So you know how I feel about people posting negative things on Facebook or any social media platform. I see absolutely no use … Continue reading Gratitude and Grace
It’s Hard to See the Picture When You are Inside the Frame!!!
It's Hard to See the Picture When You are Inside the Frame!!! I love that expression!!!! It fits for so many things in my life, and I think you only realize it when you have actually gotten the courage to step out of the frame so you can get a clear picture of what is … Continue reading It’s Hard to See the Picture When You are Inside the Frame!!!
I Ran Away to Olive Garden
I Ran Away to Olive Garden I am so embarrassed to admit that I have been grumbling a lot lately, and I mean basically every day, a few times a day, Monday through Friday. The truth is, I do not have one thing to grumble about!!! I get to drive JJ to Emerald Coast Theatre … Continue reading I Ran Away to Olive Garden
Leadership Will Break Your Heart — But It Doesn’t Have to Break Your Spirit
Leadership Will Break Your Heart — But It Doesn't Have to Break Your Spirit Have you ever wanted to do something at the same time you were afraid to do that thing? And you know you were born to do that thing, and you wanted to be good at that thing before putting in the … Continue reading Leadership Will Break Your Heart — But It Doesn’t Have to Break Your Spirit
Crises Can be Holy Beginnings If We Let Them
A Crisis Can Be a Holy Beginning — Sue Monk Kidd, When the Heart Waits That has been truer than true in my life, and if the pattern holds, I suspect it will continue until God takes me home. In this fourth quarter of my game of life, I am pondering more than ever before, … Continue reading Crises Can be Holy Beginnings If We Let Them
A Love Note to AI
“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” — Carl Jung Dear AI, I have written love letters most of my life, especially in my adult life. Most of them to my sweet office that is filled with incredible, very human humans, very kind and loving humans. I have a big … Continue reading A Love Note to AI
That’s Just the Way I Am Does Not Hold Water
The phrase “that’s just the way I am” does not hold water. I guess it is true when we are talking about things like eye color, stature, skin tone, and things of that nature; but it is certainly not true when it comes to behaviors that are abrasive to ourselves and to others. At 67, … Continue reading That’s Just the Way I Am Does Not Hold Water