Feeding Your Soul Is The Most Profound Form Of Self-Care
Feeding your soul is perhaps the most profound form of self-care. The ways are almost infinite: the challenge is in making the time to do it. Ask yourself daily – and perhaps several times daily – “Where is the joy now? How do I access it? What brings me joy?” Often, being playful and open […]
Playfulness And The Beginning Of Summer
Memorial Day Weekend is the traditional beginning of summer, our best season for playfulness. Let’s shift from seriousness to playfulness, lightness and fun. Remember the joy we felt as children when school ended and we were free? It was fun to eagerly anticipate three months of unscheduled days and staying up late, summer camp and […]
“Not What We Have, But What We Enjoy, Constitutes Our Abundance” ~ Jean Petit-Senn
How often do we consider how abundant our lives are – and do so without any cloying, overly sweet sentiments? Just the facts: what do we enjoy in large measure that, for many others, might be considered a huge blessing? One of the issues associated with abundance is that we can take things for granted. […]
Remembering The Joys Of Reading For Pleasure
I recently read an article which discussed how much we, as a populace, are reading and writing in email, blogs and other online activities. That kind of reading and writing is a far cry from what our English and Literature teachers and professors taught us was exemplary. Juxtapose that for a moment against the likelihood […]
Victory Is A Primary Motivator For Human Beings
I once had the occasion to see Zig Ziglar speak to 12,000 people at the Anaheim Pond. At an intermission, he drew my business card out of a big barrel of cards – which entitled me to win books and tapes (at that time) for a half dozen of his programs. I went on stage […]
Favorite Love Poems
No discussion of poetry would be even remotely complete without mention of love poems. Most likely, all of us have at least one favorite. Whether or not we can recite it, there’s usually something that we have heard that has touched our hearts. Here’s my favorite – and it’s best read aloud. I invite you […]
The Active Cultivation of First Times As A Means of Renewal
Renewal can result in feelings of optimism and expanded energy if we process information as though we are experiencing something for the first time. I’m a big fan of first times, and I actively cultivate memories of wonderful first times in my life. They are full of joy and possibility. To experience people, situations, places […]
Three Indicators of Great Service
Thinking ahead may well be at the heart of service. Do you remember being in a great restaurant and the wait staff always stayed just ahead of what you needed? A pleasure to dine there; right? Yes, unless the service is obtrusive and fussy. Excellent service is both forward-thinking and unobtrusive. Some restaurants think that […]
Starting Over From Things Beyond Our Control
In law, events beyond our control are called “acts of God” or “force majeure.” Working with our topic of starting over, we considered the topic generally . . . then how we can start over ourselves . . . and how we can allow others to start over. So, today: what about those pesky circumstances […]