“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.” Epictetus quote Oh, the angst on hearing the news it settles upon us like a dark heavy cloud and for awhile it’s hard to think of anything else. But as time passes […]
“Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle ourselves?” – Friedrich Nietzsche Now why is it so gosh darned hard to throw away that never ending, always multiplying “to do” list and spend time richly – by slowing down, and just plain old taking it easy. Allowing ourselves to rock on […]
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.” Edward Abbey During my travels, I have often been lost. And sometimes upset and fearful and angry at myself, thinking, “Wow, you’ve really done it this time. Why the heck didn’t you bring a compass, and why didn’t you take the […]
The world is even more beautiful than we can imagine. But we have to slow down enough to see, and feel, and inhale it. Do you have a time-out (time-in the moment) planned – for you – today? “Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only […]
Buried in the cold dark soil, they lay, hopefully upright until one sunny day they stand bright and graceful dipping in the spring breeze as if they were always there. A sun gilded promise of warmth and long summer days that will brush away the clouds beckoning, and encouraging us to hope, to believe […]
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh I agree – some days it all seems a bit too complicated, in so many ways, especially around income tax time. Last week I passed this little guy […]
“Nothing is worth more than this day.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Dawn over Skyway Bridge, Florida Photograph © Janice Henshaw 2015
“This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.” Rainer Maria Rilke
“The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.” John C. Maxwell It gives us so much choice, doesn’t it? So much freedom. We can choose the darker, heavier attitudes that will be sure to drag us down and hurt […]
My February article in Seaside Magazine is available at this link: http://seasidemagazine.ca/ The article is called “Life will go on but will Never be the Same.” “Your heart, beating away – counted upon, mostly ignored, often short on maintenance – until one day, it falters, and your whole life changes…” *Photograph courtesy of http://www.nuttycake.com/
