Posts filed under: Inspiration

Pick One and Ponder

I’ve had numerous conversations with several people this past week, each of whom struggled to make sense of their present life. In various forms, disappointment, hurt, unforgiveness, sadness, fear, and... Read More

What Keeps You Up at Night?

As the pandemic wears on and continues to impact each of us in ways large and small, conversations are unfolding that likely would not have occurred a year or more... Read More

Focused on Speed or Distance?

Speed and distance may be integral to the career of an athlete. On the other hand, it seems the rest of us may be too easily distracted with these concepts... Read More

The Blessings of a Positive Argument

Put “blessings, positive, and argument” in the same sentence? Really? That reads like an impossibility. Yes, I believe that’s not only possible, but something each of us need to learn... Read More

What Children Teach Us about Discovery and Joy

“Heads up, she’s traveling!” In other words, our close-to-nine-month-old granddaughter is on the floor—and on a mission. As we care for our precious little one, barely a day goes by... Read More

A Plea to Listen and Be Fully Present

It’s not a news flash our world is one of noise, chaos, a plethora of spoken words, written commentaries, screamed epithets, and ominous murmurings. So. Much. Noise. Noise isn’t always... Read More

Security in Sameness?

A quick study of Holland will reveal fields and fields of tulips, vis-a-vie those in the photo. For as far as you can see, thousands upon thousands of white beauties... Read More

If Such and Such Happens . . . Then I Will . . .

A bargain. We all want one, true? And when we can set the terms, even better. Yet how many times have things not turned out the way we thought they... Read More

The Anfractuous Journey We Call Life

For all the words in my vocabulary, never heard of that hefty “a” one until it popped up on the Merriam-Webster Word for the day. A bit of trivia. Anfractuous... Read More

The Art of Being

“We can watch the brief video, then play and pause it as we follow her instructions. Work for you?” My daughter smiled as she sat across the kitchen table.  “Sure... Read More