appreciating the everyday

Naps are supposed to be Refreshing During those first few years of life, the body needs lots of naps. Parents find them hard to schedule sometimes and depending on the…

Hide to Seek Children play simple games that move quickly. When adults play their versions of these same games, it is difficult to see who wins. The game of fear…

Wrong Again My active self-talking mind sometimes asks the strangest questions. When I hear the statement, "What is wrong with me?" I know that I have shocked even me with…

Loneliness can be Catchy It may be inevitable to be lonely at certain points of life. The isolation that was thrust on us by way of the pandemic removed those…

Failure creates the Signpost Businesses tend to dwell on failures and that can be a good practice depending on how you do it. Failures, like mistakes, are signposts pointing directly…

Little Big Effects There is always a right way and a less right way. There is no chance that everyone has not heard that gratitude is surprisingly important to good…

Same as Before It is actually impossible to be the same all the time. But if enough of life feels the same, the crusty edge of boredom might appear. Just…

Have To List It's a common practice to make a list. There is so much to remember that the list provides some comfort that the required stuff will be accomplished.…

Directions to Here Think about exactly where your life is at this very moment in time. If the destination was not of your choosing, you may then have to ponder…

Who Me? Life seems to be a long quest in a journey to find out who I really want to be. I hear that nagging question in my brain sometimes…