85 Days-What Challenges Me Changes Me…

Image courtesy of Google ImagesIf it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. ~Fred Devito~ Okay, 85 days left in our 100 day challenge.  And, I am learning so much. We are still super committed to the 100 day challenge, but let’s just say we...

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. According...

2011 Measure of Love Challenge….

And in our world of plenty; We can spread a smile of joy; Throw your arms around the world; At Christmas time. ~Bob Geldof and Midge Ure~ Each year, since my son passed away, my family and I have decided to “Give Away His Measure of Love…”  Let me...

Person to Person…

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. ~Mother Teresa~ I have been in a bit of a funk over the past week.  Not many would notice, but on the inside there is a gnawing discomfort. ...

Are You Pecking at the Kick Plate of Your Life?

I wrote this back in March 2010, but wanted to share it with you today. I think it still applies.  “Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings.” -Victor Hugo-  Okay, so we...