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Embracing Light in the Depths of Winter’s Solace
As the winter solstice dawns upon us, marking the year’s shortest day, it brings both the...
I See You
The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who...
The Unexpected Power of Kindness in Reigniting Passion
In the pursuit of purpose and fulfillment, passion often feels like the fuel that keeps us moving...
Building Resilience: The Key to a Successful Criticism Cleanse
In the dynamic landscape of personal and professional development, resilience emerges as the...
Recent Posts
What are you willing to do?
Progress is impossible without change. Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. ~ George Bernard Shaw ~ If you are part of the JOLT family, you know that our Wednesday thought of the day asks "What Can YOU Do" to help another. Over the past...
We Go This Way But Once…Lessons From A Gallon of Milk
I've been revisiting some of my writing over the past number of weeks. I find that it is helpful and grounding to return to your starting place. It can help you renew your motivation and purpose, explore if it still rings true for you, celebrate how much you've grown...
It’s Not Enough to Be Shocked and Saddened Anymore…We Must BE the Love and Prayers
I know I'm not alone. Sunday's news from Orlando just gutted me. I feel numb. I am feel angry. I am just pissed off about some of the exhausting social media rhetoric that has been trending for the past 48 hours. But mostly, I just feel saddened. Looking at...
Random Acts of JOLT-Join the Movement!
Each time I perform an act of kindness, a part of me heals. ~Lupi Ngcayisa~ Rough on one side and smooth on the other...just like the balance of life. Place it in your hand, resting between your thumb and index finger and hold it...let it remind you that there is...
The Poem That Helped Shape My Life…Desiderata
April is National Poetry Month. Poetry has played such an important role in telling the story of humanity. It illuminates the commonality of our human experience, connecting us through the power of words. To celebrate, I want to share one of the poems that has shaped...
#JOLTBlessingStoneLOVE-Giving Away a Little Piece of Hope
Our human compassion binds us the one to the other – not in pity or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future. ~ Nelson Mandela ~ Rough on one side and smooth on the other...just like life....
Are you Living Your Life Like Punxsutawney Phil?
Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go, And fight our own shadows forever? ~Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton~ Well Happy Groundhog Day! This is the day each year that we gaze towards a nervous rodent in a hole to predict the future....
The Empty Place Setting-Dealing with Loss During the Holidays
To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. ~ Johannes A. Gaertner ~ The table is set, but something is missing. He is missing; my beautiful son Stephen. Each year, I...
You’re Just Like Your Mother….
As Mother's Day approaches, I wanted to share some thoughts with you about my Mother. Although she passed in 1991, she still sits gently within my heart and serves as a constant influence in my daily life. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always...
Mind your messaging…a response to the Nationwide Ad
Dear Nationwide, I didn’t watch the big game Sunday night, so I missed the unveiling of your ad. My husband was away and my son was watching the game with friends, so I had some “me” time. I took an hour to write and caught up on some of my favorite...
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