This Is Not a Letter…
Maybe it’s a thirty-something thing. This new reality that’s hitting me. The reality of THIS IS IT. This is my life. It’s here and it’s happening and I am the only person who can save me.
Maybe it’s a thirty-something thing. This new reality that’s hitting me. The reality of THIS IS IT. This is my life. It’s here and it’s happening and I am the only person who can save me.
You get a sense about people. You pick up on energy, cues, wavelengths. Most of the time we’re not aware of it, yet something is signaling us. Telling us to look, slow down, make contact.
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning. -Louisa May Alcott
Life is long, if you’re lucky. It’s full of twists and turns and potholes. This was a hit I wasn’t expecting. A hard wack from behind. But what can I do? Not tell you about it? It’s like hitting a plot twist in a book and trying to ignore it.
St. Thomas Aquinas said: “A person is said to be patient . . . because he acts in a praiseworthy manner by enduring things which hurt him here and now and is not unduly saddened by them.”
According to Kathryn Shultz, “Trusting too much in the feeling of being right is dangerous.. When we act like it is, when we stop entertaining the possibility that we could be wrong, that’s when our mistakes happen.”
(THIS IS AN EXCERPT FROM ‘THE BOOK OF MOODS’) In 1963, Elizabeth Taylor had just ended her fourth marriage and was starring in Cleopatra with the currently married Richard Burton. Within a year, the two were married at the Ritz in Montreal and their fame from Cleopatra, coupled with the drama of their private lives, […]
As promised, here is a short letter to my children with words of wisdom: Financial: You do not need a lot of money to be happy. Find something you enjoy doing and then you won’t mind working at it every day. Try not to get caught up wanting material things, these things won’t make you […]