When your get up & go has got up & gone...

I'm sailing along, minding my own business...then, WAM!!! life strikes another blow, smack-dab in my face! What a rude awakening. OK, OK, OK....so it wasn't totally smooth sailing - (the temp job does have me at a disadvantage - sleep deprivation's not a pretty sight)...and I don't usually,... Sign in to see full entry.

Someday....Someday....Someday..... The list is endless -- One of these days, I'm gonna start my diet. One of these days, I'm gonna start exercising more. One of these days, I'm gonna spend more time with my children. One of these days, I'm gonna get a better job................ OMG! Will it ever... Sign in to see full entry.

It's that time, once again, to hear stories about Love (as we approach Feb. 14th)...as well as to hear the news about the Winter Olympic Games. I've always been a "sucker" for a happy ending, and have always rooted for the "underdog". (not sure what that says about me...but it's always been my... Sign in to see full entry.

I was attending a Customer Service seminar (a VERY long time ago...back in my corporate America days), and I heard the following story told: The seminar giver (it was SO long ago, I can't even remember if they were male or female, but it doesn't matter)....anyway, the person obviously traveled... Sign in to see full entry.

Is Your Mind So Busy, God Can't Get Thru? I've read in several places that we have over 60,000 thoughts a day (with the way my mind chatters on sometimes, this isn't so hard to believe...). There are many times that it's difficult to shut my mind talk off...some days it seems to be going 100 miles... Sign in to see full entry.

Within a very short time frame, I've heard news about several people now going through divorces. Having been there, done that -- I know some of the feelings that assault the senses throughout the procedure (even a "friendly" one)...the endless nights and the empty days that seem to go on forever.... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been working this temp job -- it's my third year doing the same work, for the same company. This year, I've noticed a big difference when I go to work. By nature, I'm a very friendly, talkative person (no big surprise here). I normally walk down the street, smiling. However, for the past two... Sign in to see full entry.

Rained Today! It started raining in the wee hours of this morning, and by the end of the rainfall, sometime tonight, the weather folks are predicting to have received slightly over an inch of rain for our area. THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL for your prayers for rain. It has rained ALL DAY, today.... Sign in to see full entry.

DO? What made me (or anyone else for that matter) think that after a break-thru or revelation that anything major would change? To quote from Zen teachings...."Before enlightenment, chop wood and do laundry...after enlightenment, chop wood and do laundry." While our spiritual break-thrus and... Sign in to see full entry.

We've all done it...we've got assigned roles, no matter how you look at it. We're sons, daughters, husbands, wives, students, teachers, workers, bosses...etc., etc., etc. At any given time in our lives, we wear many hats -- but, occasionally, we get stuck in our assigned roles. Sometimes we can... Sign in to see full entry.