The Picture You Paint

This morning I was surprised by about 4 inches of snow. On my drive to fit club, I was marveling at the picture it painted on the arc of trees over my road. It was beautiful. That’s when it dawned on me. I have a choice as to how my mind paints this picture. I . . . → Read More: The Picture You Paint

St. Patty’s Day Enlightenment

St. Patrick was a courageous kind of guy. He was captured and taken hostage at a young age. His captors took him from his homeland in Britain to Ireland and kept him in prison for years. During his imprisonment, he claims to have had a dream in which God spoke to him and told him . . . → Read More: St. Patty’s Day Enlightenment

Yoga Doesn’t Grab You…

…until your body is face down flat on the ground, fists pounding and legs kicking. Your mind has run off over the horizon and your spirit has vacated to hover just below the clouds. Yoga means the union of the body, mind and spirit. When the mind and spirit have vacated the premises and left . . . → Read More: Yoga Doesn’t Grab You…

Three Ways To Deal

What is cracking your life into pieces lately? An illness? A lost job? The last dollar? A broken relationship? Yesterday I learned there are three ways God deals with us when “fiery trials” enter our lives. First and foremost we must remember that “before a heartache can ever touch our lives, it has to go . . . → Read More: Three Ways To Deal

All Things Papal & Religious

It’s been a papal day. I left the house as the first wave of black smoke appeared this morning. I returned home as the white smoke began to unfurl. After fit club I got the new pope’s name as a news alert on my phone. I sat with my coffee and soup at Panera Bread . . . → Read More: All Things Papal & Religious

Spinach & Smoke

Most of us reading this post remember Popeye’s torrid food affair with spinach. Lately I’m having my own food fascination with the green leaves, except mine is in the form of Panera Bread’s new spinach power salad. It is made with baby spinach leaves, hard boiled eggs, mushrooms, bacon bits, and crunchy onions and served . . . → Read More: Spinach & Smoke

Speaking Of Joy….

My writer friend Diane published a new blog on Saturday entitled “Feed the Soul”. It was just a short little post, but it made me stop, and for the last three days, ponder the question she posed. Her question was:

“What makes you joyful? What gets you out of your entanglement?”

I walked away from . . . → Read More: Speaking Of Joy….

Master Toolbox

My daily “rebel rouse” from Lisa Marie Selow, author of The Mystic Chic Rebel, said:

“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” ~ Abraham Maslow

At first I laughed, then I thought wow, how true. I decided to look around my own toolbox. I . . . → Read More: Master Toolbox

Let Them In

Recently I have gone through a hard time with my sister-in-law’s cancer. I’m so glad I have so much support from my friends here on the Cape. Many times I would hesitate to say what was wrong when asked. You know that feeling – everyone has their own bag of stuff and they don’t need . . . → Read More: Let Them In

Elevators

Today Laurie Grenier from QVC and Shark Tank was on CBS this morning. When asked how she started her business and grew it into what it is today, she painted a great picture. She said, ” It’s like an elevator – there’s no shortcut to the penthouse. You have to stop on every floor.” This . . . → Read More: Elevators