Staying Positive While Living with the Dalai Lama

I like to think I am a positive person but I am also highly emotional and I really tend to cover the full range. I have always been all over the map and I, often, run in extremes. Over the years, I have gotten better but heaven knows I have my triggers that really set…

Life Lessons: Have a Grateful Heart

There are so many lessons being learned this week. It’s a crazy, busy time with school coming to an end, finals, graduation, concerts and apartment hunting for our middle daughter. Sometimes, we get so caught up in the craziness of life that we forget to appreciate the chaos that is our life. Don’t get me…

Thankful Thursday: Walk in the Light

I am a believer in signs and many of you might be as well. Sometimes, though, I judge where my signs come from as if they need to always be high-brow or impressive in some way. This week while perusing Instagram… I know, see I already warned you this is going to be low-class medium,…

Thankful Thursday: Focusing the Lens from Flawed to Fabulous

I found myself this morning staring at my gratitude journal and feeling blank. I was running the list of things for which I was ungrateful. (I will shield you from the list). Hmmmm, not the best start to the day, right? It felt like the list of things that are “broken” had gotten rather lengthy….

Thankful Thursday: Appreciation Day!

My least favorite holiday has come and gone. I have long been an abstainer when it comes to Valentine’s Day. I have many a reason and only a few of them are what you might think. But I am going to spare you all of them and instead share with you something that, to me,…

Thankful Thursday: Scarcity, Joy and Roller Coasters

I have spent a lot of time thinking about the idea of scarcity and worrying if “it will all fall apart.” One of my daughters has a lot going on in her life right now; exciting, new and scary things. Sometimes it’s so much that I find myself questioning the outcome and the uncertainty of her path….