I come alive in the summer. Vibrant. The humidity melts my cynicism unlike anything else has ever been able to. Today, my infatuation with summer lives on for these 3 reasons: (Disclaimer: Items are subject to change slightly tomorrow but for today, this is it!) Summer Fruit Peonies Fireworks Happy Summer… off to pick my
I’m starting to see a startling trend: Mondays are forever difficult days for me. The clock is slower, the meetings are longer, and the topics are harder. But I’ve never been one to take crap from any day of the week, not even you Monday! So this is it. Today is going to be great!
Still. The silence in the room is the closest to contentment that I’ve felt in… a while. I haven’t made quiet space to allow deep breathing for me to just be me (whatever that means). I’m fried. Each day I start out with a pep talk: I can do it. Then as each minute of
Sometimes I need to take a deep breath and let myself slow down my rushed thoughts. My mind hurries in every moment always thinking dreaming of the next thing things thought. Next. I’m leaving you well and whole. That’s my parting gift to you. Peace… John 14:27
A meal I never liked: Thanksgiving. In my life I can categorize the things that I do into two groups: 1. Things I have to do. 2. Things I like to do. Oversimplifying, maybe but it works for this blog post. Thanksgiving is in the bucket of things I have to do. I don’t like
Saturday (November 20) at the Chicago Botanic Garden.
On Saturday I went to bed at 8:30. I lied. It was 7:30. I’m turning into my parents. I had my elastic-stretch-to-infinity-and-beyond pants on (the ones that I wear only when I go to Dairy Queen) and I was reading in bed- and that was my recipe to fall asleep. More than anything I love
Thanks to a friend who hadn’t scratched the code on the Strengths Finder book, I now know my top strengths. StrategicPeople who are especially talented in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues. LearnerPeople who are especially talented in the
I should be passionate about something. Is it hard for me to be passionate because: a) I’m afraid to commit to the ‘wrong’ thing b) I don’t know myself well enough yet c) I just haven’t found it Every person who has done anything significant was passionate about something. What if I’m just average B-student
The pulsating car alarm drives directly into my drowsy head. There is no room for an alarm sound. No space inside to listen. Beep.It screams at me through the window. Beep.It’s sound is the Cadillac of nails on a chalk board. I wish I could listen to anything but this noise. Anything.