Routines are the cornerstone that provides peace of mind. We all have routines for work, and routines for home. They can be applied anywhere when you repeat certain activities on a regular (even daily) basis. One of my favorite? What's your routine before bed? Here's mine. Make sure the kitchen sink is empty of dishes. …
Category: parenting
Commit
Listening to a pro cyclist talk about racing the other day, he used the word “commit” a few times. Cyclists talk about that a lot. Committing to the race, committing to a move during the race to improve one's position, committing to a decisive climb. They also talk about their teammates in this way, the …
How Much Is Too Much?
9 hours of work when your contract says 8? Brussel sprouts when you really prefer broccoli? 8 hours of sleep when you really only need 7? 9 cookies when the serving size is 3? 3 kids instead of 2, or 1, or zero? I suspect it's too much, and not enough, all at the same …
Resident Evil
Anger, frustration, disappointment, rage, etc. I heard it said recently in a song, "Anger is a gift." This perspective was being shared be a revolutionary, someone calling for massive social change. I think the idea was / is, if you're so mad, so furious that you are willing to go to extremes, and push on …
Redux — Outside, Inside, Cope, Persevere
Words to the page to chronical this time, find some pause, some answers. Never before have we been in a place like this, time like this, everything upside down, uncertain. Think about what's outside, what's inside. That's for each of us, and practically too, inside our home, outside too. Told to stay inside, keep your …
Your Cell, Your Space Station, Your Home
We've been cooped up for a while. Second month under way, Shelter In Place, living with the COVID-19 pandemic. Brings to mind at least a couple other situations where people are living under controlled conditions. Can you imagine living in a prison cell? 6 feet x 9 feet, your reality up to 23 hours a …
Juxtapose
Side by side we go through life. So many different ways this plays out, consider these few. Unless we choose the hermitic life, we strive to live with others. Friends, colleagues, even strangers, we go through this world side by side. If we're lucky, there's even that ONE special, other person with whom we share …
Pivot
This word has been around a long time. So the dictionary says, it's about four hundred years old, from around 1605–15; < French pivot (noun), pivoter (v.), Old French < ? It means among other things, as a noun, a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which …
Find the Way
Find the way. That's what they had to do after they find the empty tomb. There was confusion and joy and disbelief and uncertainty. And so they had to find the way through all that to the next right thing. Let us not only take heart in the hope of The Ressurection; let us also be …
Risen
My anticipation, on the rise. My appreciation, on the rise. My simple joy, on the rise. My expectation, on the rise. My creativity, on the rise. My discretion, on the rise. My acceptance, on the rise. My happiness with now, on the rise. My humor, on the rise. My awareness, on the rise. My hope, …
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