How Changing My Perspective Led to My Career
How changing my perspective led to my successful career.
Plato in the Peonies
Gardening, like many other things in life, makes us all into philosophers. The lessons learned become lessons for the rest of our life. The question is - are we paying attention to it?
Life’s Daily Harvest
Having something that is pretty for the sake of pretty is refreshing. It gives our life a daily harvest of beauty and color.
Time For A New Story
As May drew to a close, it became apparent to me that I needed to tell myself a new story. I need a story that doesn’t involve the workplace, doing taxes, being a CPA, or any of the other ways that I’ve defined myself for these many, many years. I’m proud of my career accomplishments and the…
The Joy of Common Work
. . . Do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. – Robert Lewis Stevenson It’s easy for me to get caught up in wanting everything fancy, just like I think everyone else has it. But…
2014 Word – Remember
As I worked on a post to discuss my “word” for 2015, I wanted to revisit and bring closure to last year’s word. The purpose of the “word” is to bring focus and clarity to my goals for the year. 2014 Word – Remember Last year’s word was remember – and what I…
New Year, New Routines
This week’s photo challenge is new – something new for me in 2015 (to see how other photographers interpret it, click here). What better for this than a picture taken New Year’s Day? One of the first of the year. I didn’t have much time for it – just seconds later, they were running over…
Common Enchantment
We wait, starving for moments of high magic to inspire us, but life is full of common enchantment waiting for our alchemist’s eye to notice. – Jacob Nordby / Author, Speaker, Coach We had a wonderful time visiting the kids in Atlanta. My daughter is doing well, sprouting along in her 7th month of pregnancy.…
Smiles From Strangers
I’m always surprised when strangers smile at me, even more so when they say niceties such as “how are you today?”. It happened again the other day. I wasn’t feeling too good and I had a tough morning working on a sticky problem. I went for my walk during lunch, really wrapped up in my…
Living The Seasons 