In college I didn’t weigh myself and I didn’t own a scale. My diet consisted of a bagel in the morning and a diet Dr Pepper, an Otis Spunkmeyer chocolate chip cookie for lunch and probably a diet Dr Pepper, and dinner was chicken and rice or pasta and possibly water (on a rare occasion I would eat a salad from the cafeteria but only if they had red peppers because I am slightly obsessed with them) and shock tarts candy late night at UDF run, and Milano’s turkey submarine sandwiches anytime I could afford them, and a minimum of 3 days a week I drank without any concern of calories or how many was too many. I didn’t exercise regularly. The only memory I have of doing so was this….
Read moreGrateful for “Gratitude.” A Must Read When Everything is Getting On Your Nerves.
I’ve been on both sides. I know both sides of the coin. And if given the choice, and there’s always a choice….I choose to live with gratitude.
Read moreEnlightenment? More Than Coming Out of the Darkness.
Do you ever have themes recur in your life? Words. Phrases. Thoughts. Images.
Enlightenment has been my theme lately. In discussion with a friend, on the recurrence of this theme and it’s meaning, I suggested enlightenment comes both with age and experience, much like wisdom. May be it’s a pay off for the aging process that can be less than kind at times?
Read moreFrom Where Does Peace Come?
Often I’m asked, both professionally and personally, how to find peace and happiness in life. Many suggesting if only they had enough money, or the right job, or……and in my humble opinion, the focus on something outside self does little to nothing to foster peace and happiness.
Read moreEmbrace the Beauty of Sweet Impermanence
“Impermanence ….. the notion that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient, or in a constant state of flux.”
Read moreLost In My Mind.......
Lost in my mind. Ever since I was a little child, I have spent a lot of time alone in my thoughts. A dear friend of mine has said, and I quote, “it’s a scary place, what goes on in your mind.” I am amused. I disagree, vehemently.
Read moreFighting Through the “I’m Not Enough”…..
30 day yoga challenge.
I signed up for the challenge at my yoga studio, initially because I’m not one to shy away from a challenge.
Read moreAnger Is Like Acid….
“Anger is an acid that does more to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” Mark Twain.
Read morePeace….and 5 Simple Steps I’m Committing To Do, TODAY!
Ever have someone say something to you, seemingly innocent, yet it appears to hang suspended in space like one of those thought bubbles in a comic strip?
A few weeks ago, I had that happen.
Read morePeace - In the Journey, Right?
There are days I need to remind myself. Living life with peace, takes practice. It’s in the title of my blog, it’s how I sign my name in emails and letters and cards, it’s posted all around me as I write, yet there are days….the concept of “peace” escapes me.
Read morePeace with Knowing “NO” is a complete sentence…
“NO. Is a complete sentence.” Anne Lamott.
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