Give yourself permission to feel frustration, then relax and let it go #tmoy...
Next time, I will just acknowledge to myself that I feel frustrated, then relax and let it go.
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The Journey Begins It was 5:30 am. I put the dog collar on Blackie, my 9-year-old Black Lab, and we began our usual morning walk around the neighborhood, only this time things went a little...
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Late for the Wedding Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. –Norman MacLean I had carefully planned to leave the house at 8:50 am so that we could arrive at the wedding,...
View ArticleDisarm Hostility with Friendliness #LifeLesson 8
Cut Off By a U-Turning Driver One fine morning last week, with flashlight in hand, I took Blackie the wonder dog, for a walk. It was cold and dark. I was anxious to return home to let my ears defrost....
View ArticleYou Only Live Twice – Life Provides Second Chances LL #9
Perhaps love is like is like a resting place A shelter from the storm It exists to give you comfort It is there to keep you warm –John Denver, “Perhaps Love” The Great Bagel Snafu Last Wednesday,...
View ArticleIs it better to remain silent, or to speak up and confirm you’re an idiot?...
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.” — Abraham Lincoln The Hot Chocolate Caper Upon clocking in at school yesterday, Diane, the...
View ArticleAct Out Characters to Make a Story SIZZLE (video)
My Seminar At my seminar/workship, entitled “Inspire and Engage Your Audience with Stories,” last Friday (at the Present Like a Pro Conference), the participants learned to 1) act out the...
View ArticleA Light Heart Lives Long #EurekaMoments 6
An Unexepected Twist at the Walmart Auto Shop I went to get the oil changed in Wal-Mart on my 1989 JEEP. After changing the oil, in a maneuver that reminded me of a Three Stooges short, the...
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