Posts Tagged ‘stress’

If I were to say the word “coach” to you, what would you think of? Some may think of a special athletic coach they had, a spiritual coach or life coach. When I was talking with a dear friend recently, she was talking about her dad’s headstone where he is buried at Fort Snelling. She…

Systems are failing Wherever I look these days I see big infrastructure systems seem to be faltering and needing to change.  Education Systems Medical Systems Political Systems Automative Systems Here are some examples I have seen very recently: My son is questioning college as he doesn’t feel sure that all the debt he will acquire…

If we are lucky there are people that come into our lives that make a positive impact. For me, I am lucky because one of my people was my sister Denise. She will never know how much she taught me and how she forever changed me to be better and do better. Because of her,…

I remember doing a puzzle one time and nearly had it completed when I realized that I was missing 2 pieces!! I could see the picture and knew what it was, but the puzzle wasn’t complete without those missing pieces. Life is kind of like that. Think of your life like a puzzle. The outer…

There are many mysteries in life but none perhaps as mysterious as the mystery of how men and women differ. How we think, how we act, how we communicate, how we talk, how we listen, how we perceive things etc etc. The list, I think we can all agree is long. I recently came across…

Since I’ve become a grandma (Nana), I’ve had so many laughs and happy tears, experiencing my grandson learning to talk, walk, run, and giving so many hugs and kisses. I found this on Facebook the other day and just thought it was so sweet. I hope you’ll get a giggle or perhaps you’ll get a…

Many years ago, I went to a funeral for the aunt of a friend. The aunt lived in California, was single her entire life and didn’t have children. My friend was the executor of her estate so when she passed away, he flew out to California to clean out her home, sell what needed to…

Did you watch the Summer Olympics? If you are like me, I really enjoyed watching the athleticism and what seemed like super powers of these amazing human beings. I am not an athletic person per se, but I do take exercise classes and I like to move and stay active. Oftentimes when I’m struggling in…

There are times as I scroll through social media I come across something I find meaningful and worth sharing. Perhaps you have seen this before. Author Unknown: You’re holding a cup of coffee and someone accidentally bumps into you, causing it to spill everywhere. Why did the coffee spill? “Because someone bumped into me” Wrong…

From Cocoon to Butterfly I wish I could take credit for writing this blog, but I can’t. I can only take credit for copying and pasting it. I found this post on social media and resonated with it, I thought I’d share it with all of you.  “You do know what happens to a poor…