I know you have seen them. The shirts, the underwear, and the gloves that state……one size fits all. This statement is so ludicrous to me. When I look around the world, I see a lot of shapes, sizes, heights and looks and I cannot imagine the same underwear fitting my bottom as they do other bottoms! Now, let’s just say for a moment that technically they fit. That is a totally different story about whether I should be wearing them or not! Sadly, many of us have bought into the same mentality about a lot of things. We think others should act like us, think like us, like the same foods, have […]
(photo from knowing-jesus.com)I was thinking about many of my de-clutter and life coach clients and taking a hard look at my own life. Many of us, me included, have tried to buy our peace through different things, either through a purchase or alcohol or a drug or a person or a lifestyle. We have mistakenly thought, when I get this, do this, have this or am at this stage of my life, I will have peace. Unfortunately, we end up accumulating too much, being with the […]
I was in a meeting about Social Media the other day and the speaker was talking about having a baseline, starting that day, I needed to write down and know how many Twitter followers do I have, how many people like my Facebook pages and how many Blog followers do I have. Knowing these numbers today and comparing them to the same time next year allows me to know how much my business and social media presence has grown. When I was 40, I had to have a mammogram so the radiologist would be able to see if there were changes from one year to the next. When you are in 3rd […]
“What we hunger for perhaps more than anything else is to be known in our full humanness, and yet that is often just what we also fear more than anything else. It is important to tell at least from time to time the secret of who we truly and fully are . . . because otherwise we run the risk of losing track of who we truly and fully are and little by little come to accept instead the highly edited version which we put forth in hope that the world will find it more acceptable than the real thing. It is important to tell our secrets too because it makes it […]
Clarity in Clutter???? How can anyone see or feel anything but overwhelm and a mess when they look at clutter??Going through the de-clutter process can be very freeing. It is like a physical weight has been lifted off your body. While you go through your clutter, piece by piece, bit by bit, you become very clear about what you want to surround yourself with and what you value in your life. Clutter clearing is an extremely psychological process and not only will the clutter clear physically but you will see clutter falling away emotionally. It is amazing the avenues that clutter clogs and the avenues that are opened up, in your physical […]
I am reading a book called The Noticer Returns by Andy Andrews. This book is all about perspective and how a person thinks. How do you perceive and think about what is going on in your life? I have had the conversation about perspective with a number of people lately. Perspective and the way you think have more impact on your life than most people ever realize. In The Noticer Returns, it says “the way a person thinks is the key to everything that follows, good or bad, success or failure. A person’s thinking – the way he thinks – is the foundational structure upon which a life is built. Thinking guides […]
Yesterday, while talking with my sister-in-law, I was reminded of this verse. What a great verse to remind us all that there are seasons of life and that we cannot stay in one season of life forever.We all grow older and can’t stay young forever. We all have very hard seasons of life that we go through and we weep and mourn, then it is time to laugh and dance. We all have times we can give more than receive and times when we must receive more than we can give.We all have times where we must be quiet and other times we know we should speak out We all have times we should plant […]
(photo courtesy of Arvind Balaraman/freedigitalphotos.net) Today is my 29th wedding anniversary. 29 years ago, when I said “I Do”, I had no idea what life would hold in store. Choosing who you do life with is no small matter. When you are a wide-eyed, naive 25 year old, you have no idea what you are saying “I Do” about. Oh, I know…..they give you a heads up in the vows with the words in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer and for better or worse. However, until you have had to live those words, you have no idea what they really mean. “I Do” are two simple words, […]
(photo courtesy of foto76/freedigitalphotos.net)Several days ago I got my knickers in a knot wondering why someone hadn’t done something they were supposed to do. Then my mind started racing. Had I done something wrong? Did this person not want to work with me? What was I missing? Why hadn’t she called back like she was supposed to? Do you ever do that? Have things running through your head because someone didn’t text you back, email you back, call you back, invite you somewhere, posted something on a blog, FB page or Twitter? Those are […]
I was sitting here talking with my little sister and nephew about what in the world I was going to write my blog about tonight. We started talking about “stuff” since we did a thorough clean out of her garage today. While we were talking I told her about my concept of purchasing……if you buy it you are responsible for it. If you buy something you have to consume it, dust it, give it away, store it, or use it. When you are buying any item, you need to ask yourself, do I really want to be responsible for this thing? Being deliberate about your purchases is one of the main steps […]