Category: general

  • Grit

    I was eavesdropping on something my husband was listening to the other day. It was a TED talk about education. I perked up my ears, as I have such an interest in education…mostly because I feel the sting of not having one myself. Plus, we have been homeschooling for ten years now, so gleaning any…

  • Music!

    Have you ever heard a new song, and the endorphins kick in, and there is this rush of pure happiness? Studies have shown that our brains get a chemical reaction from hearing a new song for the very first time. Click here to read more about it. I know it’s true for me.

  • Praise

    Do you like to receive praise? How does it make you feel? Do you think you receive enough of it? Do we live in a society where praise is usually self serving? How often do you give praise? To others? To God? Is it needed for society to function? There is a lot of insincerity…

  • Repetition

    Why do we keep repeating behavior that doesn’t work? The definition of stupidity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. (I didn’t make that up) Many of us are caught in this pattern of behavior. We wonder why nothing changes? Our relationships always go the same way. Ending in…

  • Tracks…

    This morning had us driving the usual route to the nearest town. Time to pick up food and cash from the bank. The road isn’t good. There are potholes and bumps and large areas where rocks stick out. You have to be alert the entire time. Not only are you watching the road, you have…

  • Toxic Choices

    There are times when we can really see the consequences of the decisions we made when we were younger. For example…the career we have, the spouse beside us, and where we live. Often times those decisions were good. We would still choose the same career, the same spouse, and maybe even the same home. But,…