As we get ready to ring in the new year yet one more time, set a few minutes aside to view this video and think about the vast sea of humanity that we live in. It amazes me how fast the world around me continues to change and yet I feel like I am moving in slow motion. When I was younger, I used to feel bigger than life. I could take on any challenge (I am woman; hear me roar). I was the center of the universe and all life revolved around me. As I grew older, possibly even wiser, I began to move from that center and found myself moving in a new cycle, one that revolved around my children. As every year passed, I found myself growing farther away as I gave them the space to be independent; and then, finally I reached an orbital path that was close enough to be there if they needed me, but far enough away to encourage them to go off on their own. I was comfortable orbiting there and wanted it to last forever, but nothing stays the same for long. Read more »
The season of giving, getting and exchanging are finally behind us. Now we look toward the new year and the thought of making resolutions. Angeline Jolie want to adopt the Vienna Boys Choir And President Bush wants to take the Karaoke machine back to Texas.But what about you, what do you resolve to do? Will it be a new diet? An attempt to live healthier? Perhaps the goal to live inside a budget. I know that I have tried all of these and more and these are all great resolutions, but what about making a resolution this year dealing with your time. I don’t mean managing time more effectively. I mean spending the time we are given in a more joyous way. Think about it, are you happy with how you spend your time? Do you make commitments that you don’t want to honor? Do you waste time procrastinating or dreaming about what if? Do you waste time waiting for the right time to happen? Everyday we are gifted with just 24 hours. It is up to us to decide how to use that time. Of course, we need to eat regularly. And we do require an appropriate number of hours of sleep, and then there are always the things that have to be done. But is there something more purposeful you would like to include in your daily or weekend routine that you don’t feel you have the time for? Maybe this year is the year to rethink how you are spending your time? Read more »