On Being Grateful.

by | May 20, 2022 | From Where I Sit

This year I have been working on my gratitude practice. Sure, I would like to think I have always been a grateful person, or that I’m more grateful than the people I see around me, but then gauging yourself on how you see people around you is not a very accurate...

Here’s to Time.

by | May 18, 2022 | From Where I Sit

I’ve always been fascinated by time, I remember as a little kid watching our grandmother clock it wasn’t in a case, and hung on the wall, but had weights and chimed the hour and half-hour, listening to the constant ticking and watching the second-hand move, listening...

Meditation & Space.

by | May 16, 2022 | From Where I Sit

I have a long history with meditation, I remember the first time I ever tried it, I was in high school, and we had to lay on the floor, and someone talked us through a visualization of entering a cave, and what we could see and hear. We were not told it was meditating...

Strong-Willed Children.

by | May 13, 2022 | From Where I Sit

My son is very strong-willed, just like his dad, and me. It’s tough because we live in a world where strong wills are seen as a good thing until that child must fit in somewhere. Like school or church or sports teams. My strong-willed son has never responded well to...

Course Correction.

by | May 9, 2022 | From Where I Sit

I used to think that if I could not stick to a plan and see it through, that meant I could not follow through, or finish anything. And that I was lazy and had no drive. This belief was reinforced by false narratives I heard from the adults around me as I was growing...