The holidays are here and there’s a push to gather. Many of us haven’t been together in person for what feels like a really long time. Some have made the decision to stay home. Others have decided to celebrate the holiday, together. And because the rest of the family...
Ready, willing and able is an old cliché that arose in our collective consciousness in the early 19th century. It implies that you have to be eager and fully prepared before moving into or doing something. For the smaller things in life, this may be apropos. To eat or...
Even though we're in a state of limited travel, it feels like life has been turned upside down. The world is swirling at an even faster pace, and little feels within our control. On both sides of stay home / don’t stay home, there's lots of opinions and there’s been a...
Across the way from where I live is a beautiful river. Many days I walk along it for inspiration or to just be with nature. A few days ago, the thought came to me, “Are we torturing ourselves by delaying the obvious?” Wow! We as humans don’t like change. Sometimes...
We’re deep in the middle of the holiday season. You may be thinking about someone you haven’t seen or talked with in a while, wanting things to be different between the two of you. You may want to end something but are waiting for the other person to make the first...