What you do matters a great deal – even to 1 person

In addition to blogging, I publish a fortnightly newsletter that focuses on Leadership and Strategy. My most recent issue was due on Thursday January 2, 2014. Oh GROAN! I am on vacation in Jamaica, far away from the ice storms in Toronto and very much in rest and relaxation mode. A newsletter was the last […]

The Gift on My Pillow

Part of my morning “centering” routine is to read and contemplate the reading in the Daily Word magazine.  There are magical moments when I am SURE the reading was written JUST for me on for that particular day. There are others that give me insight, a new thought or a new perspective.   And then […]

From Gratitude to Grace

Every morning I write 10 things I am grateful for in my journal. Every morning. It’s easy enough when some exciting things have happened in my life. Then the gratitude flows sometimes past my magical number 10! But at other times I get stuck. I am at number 6 and have run out of things […]

Clean bathroom and toilet paper

My friend in Connecticut posted on her Facebook page after Hurricane Irene: Let me stop complaining for the lack of electricity as I had water!! Several friends of mine has well water and what that means is they need power to bring the water from the well. Sorry to say they still do not have […]

What does 2 years of gratitude look like?

Here is a photo of my gratitude journals for the past two years. I am a believer in the power of gratitude. I have also become a practitioner of gratitude by making it my conscious daily practice. There are two things that I do as a matter of habit, which have become as ingrained at […]

Gratitude is a discipline

Since erecting a fence a few months ago, my mailman has been in a conundrum about how to deliver my mail.  Should he fasten it to the fence?  Throw it over?  Open the gate and bring it in?  He has tried all of those.  I had no idea how inconvenient my fence had been for […]

Aunt Clara’s 3 ways to live to 99+ – free and laughing!

I spoke to my dear Aunt Clara a few days ago – the Aunt Clara who is my WOW (What an Old Woman) and is busy planning her 100th birthday party next April (she’s not sure yet whether it will be at her home or a hotel … but will let me know).  Throughout the […]

What to do when you can’t find 10 things to be thankful for …

Every morning for the past 6 months or so I have written 10 things I am grateful for in my journal.  It used to be 5, and one day I decided to double it. I have, and continue to recommend this highly to everyone – it is so powerful and important to the quality of […]

“Happy Father’s Day Mom”

I have become used to hearing these words every Father’s Day for the past 11 years, ever since my children’s father and I separated and he returned to his native country. In the first few years of becoming a single mom,  I really tried hard to be both mom and dad to my children.  Then […]

This is IT! Today’s the day! Now is the time!

This is IT!!!! Feeling a sense of excitement as I look forward to moving to the second round of the Next Top Spiritual Author Competition. Voting for this round closes at 11.59 p.m. tonight.  Let’s leave NOTHING to chance – VOTE for your favourite Spiritual Author (hopefully it’s me – lol) and encourage your friends […]

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