At the risk of sounding cliché, I’m going to ask – Why do we wait for a designated holiday to start celebrating? I know the daily grind sometimes doesn’t seem like a lot to celebrate about, but when you really consider it, isn’t the fact that you’re breathing in and out worth celebrating?! I think [...]
It’s holiday time. Time for seeing friends and relatives, creating traditions, celebrating together. Time for taking time to connect. Time for family relationships and traditions. Time that sometimes seems a little scarce throughout the rest of the year. Sounds great! But, a small problem. Somehow, during the holidays, time becomes even scarcer! Instead of slowing down [...]
Sometimes we are so mired down in the details of our lives that we forget to lift our heads and see the bigger picture. Today, I just wanted to give you something to warm your heart and lift your spirit…as well as your head. For there to be peace in our relationships, in our life [...]
Have you ever lived with, or worked with or for, S/he Who Won’t Be Pleased? No matter how much attention, time or effort you give something, it is not good enough. No matter how much you offer, you are discounted for not offering more, or for not offering something different. Relationship problems result. Does it [...]
I just returned from a visit to family and friends in Canada. In twelve days, I spent time with many people in five cities. And stories abounded! Life stories, troubling incidents, and shared memories. The one unifying factor in all the stories was that everyone who experienced the story remembered it differently. Some of those [...]
Some people have been carefully trained to be faultfinders. They look for the problems, the inadequacies, the not-quite-good-enoughs, and the less-than-perfects…and pounce! Fault is often the first thing out of their mouths. You might know one or two such folks. Maybe, you’re related to one? Or, married to one? Or, do you have faultfinding down [...]
