I thought it would be easy coming back.I never counted on resistance showing up to thwart every action I took. When I am stumped, I go back to the Morning Pages from Julia Cameron’s book, The …
You Never Know When You Might Need a Lifevest
This morning I caught up with a good friend who has had an interesting year in addition to Covid. Last winter, her house was hit by a huge tree that fell on the backside of the house incurring a …
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Life-changing Impact
“When someone encourages you, that person helps you over a threshold you might otherwise never have crossed on your own. There are times of great uncertainty in every life. Left alone at such a time, …
Choosing Your Story
Have you ever heard yourself telling someone a story of something that happened to you and suddenly realized that it’s time to change that story? Usually, the stories that need changing are ones that …
The Joy of Grown Children
We don’t always get to see the results of our encouragement, but sometimes we get lucky. I spent last week visiting my eldest son and his family outside Detroit. Although our family separated twenty …
The Experiment Rarely Works the First Time
‘You just want to try a bunch of stuff because you don't know what's going to be great.” (Ira Glass) I moved last summer. I live near a wonderful town that is only three miles away, and there is …
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Angels Around Us
The clues are all around us. What clues? All the answers to the things we complain about internally or externally or both. The problem is not with our abilities, but with our awareness and our …
Find Your Courage
I loved reading James Clear’s book: Atomic Habits ( https://amzn.to/3bRugZU). The following words from his newsletter (https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1/may-20-2021?rh_ref=f87ac1ed) resonated deeply in …
Creating the BEST Memories
Recently, I read a short post about creating memories. I was reminded of this when my grandson’s sixth birthday was approaching, and I called to ask him what kind of present he would like. “Just get …
The Encouragement Bank
Banking is a way of holding something valuable in reserve. It’s very possible that you might never have thought of creating your own Encouragement Bank. Why wouldn’t you want to? Two reasons: …