Happy Sunday, Journeyer! I’m afraid I’ve been under the weather these past two days and haven’t been able to share my overwhelming excitement with my new website! After sleeping most of the day away, I’m determined to post something from this new site and to continue the tradition of this Happy Happens column. Those of you who’ve been hanging out … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Change
A thick and frigid, wintry haze blocked the sunrise and dampened my spirit as I drove to work this morning. Bob Segar’s, Turn the pagesuddenly penetrated my yawns, sighs, and sense of dread. I was taken back to my teenage years, to a night when two boys and two girls were doing things they shouldn’t have been, and then many … Read More
Clarity, Joy, Wisdom
Happy Monday, Journeyer! I’m totally exhausted, the good kind of fatigue that follows an emotional high. It was another full week filled with appointments and preparations; but thankfully we had the week off, which gave me so much more productive time. Big Guy had a college visit on Monday and Tuesday. Check out this old barn along the route. It’s … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Compassion
Today, I am a proud part of something that is sweeping the blogosphere. It began with one writer discussing her need, her desire for emotional and physical support her in adulthood…lamenting how that proverbial Village disappears as we transition from childhood to adolescence and then into that Grown-Up state. One of my greatest supporters, a writer whom I’ve never met … Read More
Love is…
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! Do you have a Love hangover today? All I can say is I’m glad the best cure for a hangover is “the hair of the dog that bit ya,” ‘cause I’ve got one more meme to add to the mix… Love is the warmth that fills our insides when we give to others… Love is the warmth … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Inspiration
Happy Thursday-Friday, Journeyer! I had a different topic slated for today, but then I received an exciting comment from blogger Live by Surprise. I’m surprised, humbled, and oh so happy to be have been nominated as a Very Inspirational Blogger this week! Liv’s comments on my blog posts are always one of my week’s happy highlights and I’m just plum … Read More
Chocolate is Salad, Happiness is a Smorgasbord
Happy Sunday, Journeyer! Right now, we’re returning from an out-of-town trip for Big Guy. I have to say that in this moment, as Warren drives through intermittent freezing rain and snow, I’m grateful that my boy doesn’t have use of his license right now. Chuckle… I guess there really are two sides to nearly every emotion… My youngest was driving … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of Spirituality
One of the key elements in The Five Facets Philosophyis the spiritual facet. I chose the term spiritual over religiousbecause each of us is born with a spiritual essence. Though organized religion attaches itself to spirituality, our spirit is not linked inherently to organized doctrine. Our spirit is our very essence; at its core it includes things like our … Read More
Happiness is…
Happy Sunday-Monday, Journeyer! Fortunately for me, it’s a snow day today! The post I began writing seems to have disappeared when my computer did an automatic reboot. I wonder if I’ll ever learn not to leave a dozen started and unsaved windows open… No worries, though, because the thoughts will eventually come back to me in some new and refreshing … Read More
Healing and the Two Sides of What If?
Happy Thursday-Friday, Journeyer! Yesterday I received some equally sad and happy news: Hay House Publishing picked the three winners of their Denver workshop book proposal contest. The world is about to be inspired in magnificent new ways and these authors are about to embark on a fabulous new adventure! The disheartening bit is that The Five Facets Philosophy on Healing … Read More