“Thank you” is enough …. but go further

How often do we take the time to tell someone “thank you” – but even more, to go beyond the simple thank you (which is enough) and fully express our gratitude? I mused on this when I opened my Inbox on the weekend to find this heartwarming e-mail.  I felt so good reading it that […]

No complaints – 6 ways to live a complaint-free, grace-filled life!

Everyday, everywhere we go, we are surrounded by complaints. People complain about everything – the weather is a popular starting point for a conversation: in Canada, people complain about the cold; in Jamaica people complain about the heat.  We complain about the government.  We complain about people with whom we have passing interactions i.e. strangers.  […]

Haiti – how in the world do you remain free and laughing in the face of such devastation?

I returned home last night to find this e-mail from my sister: Here from Jeanguy in Haiti (Facebook – give thanks!)….”Lycee” is High School I love you all , I am alive … I’m very sad for Haiti , for all these girls from Lycee Marie, all these people dying …and I couldn’t do anything […]

How to live gratitude – just for a moment

Check out “Today’s Bright Spark” from Carmen C (scroll right and down).  It is beautiful. To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. – Johannes A. Gaertner It is one thing to speak and enact gratitude.  But what does it mean […]

How to end your day – free and laughing!

“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 […]

11 ways that I use journaling

My Latin teacher in high school would drill into us the importance of writing things down, pointing out that when you write something you commit it to memory.  I therefore developed the habit of writing down my thoughts in my teen years.  Journaling is one of the most valuable techniques for consciousness and awareness.  It […]

Litany

This is one of the most beautiful poems ever written – it is a prayer of gratitude for the most fundamental things in life! LITANY By George Campbell I hold the splendid daylight in my hands Inwardly grateful for a lovely day. Thank you life. Daylight like a fine fan spread from my hands Daylight […]

Divine Order the morning of Victoria’s exam

This morning my daughter had an examination at 8.00 a.m. This is the one morning when: 1. We all wake up late 2. Shane’s school uniform is not ironed 3. My car has a flat tyre PANIC! But, it is also the morning when: 1. I breathe 2. I affirm Divine Order 3. Marlon, the […]

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