Marie Kondo is Teaching Us How to Love
Marie Kondo doesn’t want us to clear our houses of all our belongings. She wants us to let go of the belongings that we don’t really love. Being attached to possessions that have long surpassed their purpose leads to clutter, both physically and psychologically. By going methodically through our homes and testing each item for…
28 Days of Gratitude-Day 2
I’ve tried writing gratitude lists in the past, and I was not successful with them. I think I know why. I was not feeling gratitude for certain items I was adding to the list. I was just rotely listing. I thought I was grateful, but much of the time I was not attaching the feeling…
28 Days of Gratitude
In the past few weeks, I have been focusing a lot on gratitude. My own gratitude, or lack of it, that is. Now I am ready to begin a new habit of being grateful for absolutely everything in my life. I remember the year my mother died. Firstly, because I loved her so much, and…
Marie Kondo is Sparking Joy Around the Globe and We Need Her
It is nearing the middle of January, and Tidying Up with Marie Kondo debuted on Netflix on January first, just in time to help with all of those New Year’s resolutions about being more organized and less stressed. I bought Marie’s first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up last year, and read about a…
Manifesto to Change
You can Change. You can be Happy. You can get Healthier. You can enjoy and even Love your Life. But it won’t just happen to you. You have to ACT. There is no recipe or set program for you to change your life. You won’t do it by travelling the world and looking for it.…
The Richest Man in the World
It was a dark, two bed, two bath apartment with outdated carpet and a kitchen with no counter space. My husband and I filled it with second-hand furniture, a dinette table with four chairs and a pull-out sofa. A makeshift table constructed from an old crate served as a coffee table when we had company.…
We Are All Doing the Best We Can
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ~Maya Angelou As this clod of dirt and magnificent beauty propels me through space, the best thing I can do for my fellow human beings, and myself, is to believe that we are all just doing the best…
How Learning to Be Grateful Has Changed My Life
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” ~Meister Eckhart In the fall of 2008, I destroyed my marriage of 26 years, and I ran off to find the pot at the end of the rainbow, searching for greener pastures. As a result, I hurt…
What is Love?
According to psychologist Barbara Fredrickson, love is an emotion. When we experience this emotion we feel amazing. Though we often think it is, love is not exclusive. While we love our family and friends, and we believe what we have with our mate is unique, love can be experienced with anyone. When we realize that…
Helping Children Feel Grateful
“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh “What do you say?” Over the years, when I have given gifts to young children of family and friends, the parents, wanting their children to express gratitude often interject, “What do you say?”…