When someone has really stressed you out or pushed your buttons and you feel like you need a drink, here’s the cocktail I recommend: Equal parts: Compassion* Appreciation of diversity** Respect*** Humor**** Curiosity***** Modify to taste and enjoy. * I too have my quirks and foibles. I too make mistakes. I too use ineffective strategies at […]
Life Is Good
December 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Huge Favor – Forgive
October 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Want to do yourself a huge favor? Choose right now to forgive someone that you do not think you can forgive. Choose to free yourself from this tremendous burden you have been carrying around. It is time to set yourself free – do it for your own happiness, your own quality of life. Forgiving does […]
Chicken List
September 19, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Grace and Kindness
September 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Grace and Kindness The best reason to respond with grace and kindness to every person and circumstance that we encounter is because we can. I wonder what my life will look like when I remember that more often than I currently do. Just the thought of it is tremendously exciting and satisfying and feels so […]
Letting Go and Moving On
August 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Letting Go and Moving On It is impossible to be truly happy when we are holding on to hurts, grudges, slights, misunderstandings, wronging, injustices, and the like. The important thing to remember is that letting go is something we do for ourselves, for our own happiness, and our own freedom. It doesn’t have anything to […]
More About Comparison
August 14, 2014 by Leave a Comment
More About Comparison My week of fishing in Alaska has shown me over and over just how destructive comparison can be. I saw many instances of people getting frustrated, mad, depressed, apathetic, and disappointed because someone was catching more salmon than they were. (I had my moments of this too.) Obviously when this happens, the […]
Gratitude!
August 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I’m tired (fished until 2:00-ish am the last two nights and then got up at 4:30 for my conference call). It hurts to type because my finger tips are cut up and throbbing from fishing. For the first time since I started writing these, I don’t know what to say. When we don’t know what to do – […]
