“I’m removing you from your core role.” These seven words slowly absorbed into the grey matter between my ears and I felt the world go still around me. I hadn’t expected this. The appointment in my calendar was titled “Check In” and it entirely surprised me when I saw the […]
Personal Stories
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I stumbled across an idea this week that stopped me in my tracks. I consider myself relatively organized, maybe a bit of a Type A personality. I like things in order. For example, Sundays I sit down and plan my week. Everything from what we are eating for morning snack […]
I know that my posts alter from the depth of my mind to the hearth of my home but I keep it honest, writing about what I’m thinking about rather than reaching for a “relevant” topic to the theme. In case you haven’t recognized it, the theme here is life. And life […]
I may have mentioned that we brought the family circus on a road trip. I may have briefly mentioned that we brought a bug with us and shared it. I certainly did not do justice. At that time there were 4 out of 7 kids I believe? Well let’s start […]
I found myself sitting on the edge of my seat three rows up as a bouncy Peter Pan promises Wendy she could fly if she thought ‘happy thoughts’. I left the theatre thinking – What is my happy thought and could it make me fly? A person can really soar to undiscovered lands […]
It’s a simple experiment, but the theory is expressed in books like How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie), Happy for No Reason (Marci Shimoff) and likely hundreds of others. A smile is a universal method of communication that crosses all geographical borders, all cultures, all age groups. […]