Wherever you go, good manners will keep you free and laughing!
November 19, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Practice
“You frightened me” squealed the lady early Saturday morning. I was on my way to class and was walking out of my complex. She was ahead of me, but I was a tad late so I was walking faster. As I overtook her, I singsonged “Goodd morrningggg”. She jumped – frightened that a stranger would […]
Procrastination – friend or foe?
November 18, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
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Last week I committed to a 75-day Action Challenge Program, hosted on Facebook by Julette Millen. Yesterday, Julette asked us to consider the habit that is most holding us back and to write a paragraph on it. Here is my “paragraph”: The one habit that I know keeps me back is PROCRASTINATION. I am quite […]
7 steps to finding the positive value in negative emotions
November 17, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Accept, Featured Posts
There is nothing wrong with negative emotions. Our emotions, be they negative or positive, simply exist. When we learn to accept our negative emotions i.e. the emotions that do not serve our good, that feed on our fears (the ultimate negative emotion), then we can learn what this emotion is telling us about ourselves. Negative […]
Happy anniversary Sesame Street!
November 11, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Love
This week Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary! WOW! How time flies! I have so many wonderful memories of Sesame Street. Watching the video I must admit a little nostalgic tearing up! Big Bird, Elmo, Ernie and Bert, Cookie Monster and so many others have brought hours of fun learning to children all over the […]
How to end your day – free and laughing!
November 5, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Practice
“At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.” — Jim Rohn At the end of your day do you “play back the tapes of your performance” at Jim Rohn urges? Or do you crash into bed exhausted, admonishing yourself for all the […]
Ever made a mistake?
November 3, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Accept, Featured Posts
Mistakes are part of the experience of being human. They are part of the learning of life and sometimes provide us with the greatest growth on our journey. Mistakes can also be traps, keeping us stuck in the past, forever recalling and rehashing the experience. What is a mistake? The word literally means “wrong grasp” […]
“They don’t really mean it”
November 2, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
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As I adjust to living in Canada, one of the things I am noticing is how nice people are. They smile, they connect in brief conversations, they hold the door open for me, they say “Cute doggies” to my three princesses when we are out for a walk, and so on – lots of little […]
Dance, love, sing and live in the moment
October 29, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Be Present, Featured Posts
I love Today’s Bright Spark contributed by Carmen (see column right). I have read it so many times that this morning when Carmen sent her selected quote, I just said “Oh that again” and proceeded with my other e-mails. Then I decided to stop, read again and really consider what it means. “Dance like no […]
Free and laughing: Making abstract concepts real
October 26, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
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“I read your blog because, I like how you take abstract concepts and make them very real and relatable to our moment to moment living” – Nerak Ami I am so happy with this feedback, for this is exactly what I intended when I started this blog, and continue with every post. There are so […]
The Daisy mug
October 23, 2009 by Marguerite Orane
Filed under Featured Posts, Release
My mom’s name was Daisy. Marguerite, my name, is French for Daisy. I have always loved that she named me after her in a very unique way. One Christmas Rev. John, her dear friend and spiritual advisor, gave her a beautiful mug with daisies on it. She loved that mug. And on her passing, I […]
