02/23/2023
from Mark Manson:
"When we fail to choose things for ourselves, we unwittingly outsource our lives to the world around us.
If you don’t choose how to use your time, others will choose for you. If you don’t choose what is important, others will choose for you. If you don’t choose what to think or believe, others will choose for you."
Did You Decide Who You Are? | The Breakthrough
When we fail to choose things for ourselves...
08/05/2022
https://www.alivenwell.net/post/honesty-loves-company
Honesty Loves Company
I hope you remember that when you let people see the messy, flawed, goofy reality of you, it’s like you’re giving them a gift. Some people won’t appreciate it, but others will smile with relief and recognition and say, “Oh, thank GOODNESS. I’m not the only one!” ~ Nanea Hoffman
06/24/2022
https://www.alivenwell.net/post/our-2nd-anniversary
Our 2nd Anniversary
Two years ago, Alice and I began writing blogs- she daily and I twice-weekly. We started doing this as our small but sincere response to a lot of fear and negativity that was coming from a coronavirus, politics, racism and many other corners. We wanted to add to the scaffolding constructed by people...
04/19/2022
https://www.alivenwell.net/post/from-10-000-feet
From 10,000 Feet
Someday everything will make perfect sense. So, for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason. ~ Paulo Coelho
04/18/2022
https://www.alivenwell.net/post/the-eye-of-the-beholder
The Eye of the Beholder
I love the smell of rain. The feel of the soil's texture between my fingers as I pot a plant or redig a hole is treasure. When I see an osprey dive for a fish or a gopher turtle chomping at grass I am in awe. You might say it's the spring weather or the season, but truthfully I consciously search fo...
04/17/2022
Happy Easter!
Re-birth 🐣
Spring adds new life and new joy to all that is. - Jessica Harrelson
04/16/2022
See if the author's name doesn't make you just smile...
Source Code
It does not matter what comes up. What matters is who you are, the one perceiving it. -- Mooji
04/15/2022
Good Friday feelings...
Signs of Spring
On one route we take for our daily exercise, my bride and I pass a driveway with a rack of various flowers and potted blossoms accompanied by a sign that says "Take a plant; leaf a plant." The punster in me loves this play on words, but I also like the sharing it invites. Take and Leaf. All of us. O...
04/15/2022
Calling all feelers and inviting all thinkers...
In Your Shoes
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. - Plato
04/14/2022
Bonus Daily Dose:
"In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair."
-- Howard Thurman
04/14/2022
What's the second secret? Anybody?
Origin Story
To fall in love with yourself is the first secret to happiness. - Robert Morley
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