Is It Time To ReMap Your Garden Of Midlife?

February 9, 2010

Midlife is an odd point in time . . mostly because it really isn’t a point in time at all.
Actually, in my picture of the world, midlife is a whole big old gangly glob of time and space. And because it goes on for so long, it’s kind of easy to get lost in its [...]

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What Might Happen If You Stepped Away from NO?

February 4, 2010

How many times each day would you guess you say the word “NO”?
And I don’t just mean how many times do you say “NO” to other people. (I’m betting that isn’t even a smudge of the total on you inner blackboard . . a humongous smudge, but a smudge none the less.)
BTW: Did you count [...]

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4 Lessons Humans Can Learn From Groundhogs . . Go Figure

February 2, 2010

Happy Groundhog Day! Yup. It’s that special day when a poor, unsuspecting Pennsylvania groundhog named Phil gets dragged from his snug little home to face down reporters and spotlights and all manner of curiosity seeking seasonal prognosticators in the name of six weeks – give or take – of winter.
And what did he do? Well, [...]

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Life Is Crazy: Nurture Yourself

January 30, 2010

How much time each day would you guess you devote to YOU?
I’m not asking this in a ME-ME-ME selfish sort of way. What I really want to know is how often you consider and support your own physical and emotional well-being in any 24 hour day.
That shouldn’t be too hard to figure, should it?
Then again, [...]

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Beware The Ruts You Choose For Your Life

January 28, 2010

Up in the upper reaches of Alaska and the Northwest Territories, it is said there are only two seasons: July, and Winter. People living in these remote areas depend on the July sun to clear the ice and snow off the roads so enough food and supplies can be brought  in to get those who [...]

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The Special Room I Love, But Do Not Enter

January 26, 2010

There is a room in my house. It lives upstairs, right next door to my bedroom.
It is a most wonderful room!  Tall windows stretch almost the entire length across the outside wall. The light dances in sparkling clarity in and out, up and down across ceiling and floor alike. Yellow walls join in the merriment [...]

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2. Stop Comparison Shopping Your Way Through Life

January 21, 2010

Have you always thought of yourself as smarter, wittier, way cooler, foxier, more clever, luckier, a better this that or the other – or just their opposites – than any number of other people you know or have yet to make the acquaintance?
And, have you always spent your fair share of time mentally holding yourself [...]

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Stop Comparison Shopping Your Way Through Life

January 19, 2010

Do you spend a fair portion of your time comparing yourself and your accomplishments, family, finances, problems, views, and all the rest of it, against other people?
What does that do for you, exactly? Does it make you feel better about yourself? Or, does it make you feel worse?
Does it make you feel good about life? [...]

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