Happy Sunday-Monday, Journeyer! As I reflect on this past week, many of the happy moments I experienced have to do with connections to other people. Not just any people, but those who have suffered tragedy and survived by turning their sadness into support. They are our grief neighbors and our healing allies. But I also pondered other people in my … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Cooperation
Cooperation. It’s one of the first words we learn with regard to getting along with others. It often first appears in forms of obedience: cooperate with your parents by doing your chores, helping out in the household or with other siblings. We then move on to structures outside the home, daycare and school, where these same expectations for cooperation are tied … Read More
Here’s What Happens Amidst the Storm of a Century
Happy Sunday-Monday, Journeyer! Okay, so first let me admit that I took a little literary license in the title; Storm Stella was certainly a force to be reckoned with, yet for must of us she was far from the storm of a century. Some magical things happened as the storm raged on outside of my home, Journeyer, the most significant … Read More
The Healing Powers of Your Energy
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! Wow…what a week…a gloriously busy and FAST week! Blink! It’s Sunday. It’s that start of Daylight Savings here in the Northeast. As I reflected on this past week, there were the many moments that I no longer take for granted…colorful sunrises…my wind chimes that have played continuous music in this winter’s consistent breezes…music…laughter…watching The Voice with Hubby…the … Read More
Finding Joy In A Changed World – Guest Post by Dave Roberts
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! You know how some people come and go from our lives, while others seem to spark something new in us or place a little footprint on our heart? About a year ago I met someone of the latter. Dave Roberts and I crossed paths in many different cyber-circles and though I recall not how we actually came to … Read More
This or Something Better: Gifts from Our Magical Universe
“Magic waits at the beginning of belief.” ~ Robert Therrien Badger Happy Monday, Journeyer! Today I write to you from the passenger seat of my trusty SUV. Warren and I are headed out for a rare get-away; a trip to Atlantic City, NJ! Though we’ll toss a twenty into the slot machines at some point over the next few days, … Read More
Thriving in the Face of Adversity
“People are sick and tired of being sick and tired.” ~ Arianna Huffington Happy Sunday, Journeyer! You know how some weeks are super crazy busy, some are super slow boring, and some are just right? As I look back on this past week, that’s sort of what it looks like to me. My outside job has been fairly quiet, which … Read More
How I “Got” Happiness in an Utterly Deplorable and Lacking Week
“Happiness is a journey, not a destination; happiness is to be found along the way not at the end of the road, for then the journey is over and it’s too late. The time for happiness is today not tomorrow.” ~Paul H. Dunn Happy Sunday-Monday, Journeyer! You know how random life can be sometimes? How you’re plugging along all nice … Read More
Sometimes Life and Happy are Hard
Journeyer, Sometimes Life and Happy are hard. This week has been one of those for me. I’ve been battling a bug for over a week, one that moved up through my body and settled into an awful respiratory ick. A lingering sore throat finally forced me to the doctor’s office. I’m happy that an antibiotic took care of that neck … Read More
A Passenger’s Slice of Life
“When life is sweet, say thank you and celebrate. And when life is bitter, say thank you and grow.” —Shauna Niequest Happy Sunday, Journeyer! As I reflected on this week’s events, all I could think of was that each moment that fed my happy was like a little slice of Life Pie. And then tonight Warren, Big Guy, his gal friend, … Read More