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"The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you’ve got to come home." - Barry Gibb

This year marks 20 years since my last Christmas at home with my family.…

“A Sunrise is God's way of saying, "Let's start again.” ― Todd Stocker 

Getting rid of one thing a day! I can’t think of 30 things to get rid of. Are we talking things things here? or … 

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“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” - Maria Robinson 

Life is supposed to be for living. I am sure I’ve mentioned it before. But how can…

“The difference between school and life? In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.”  

― Tom Bodett 

Such big wisdom in this quote. I…

“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” - Stephen Covey 

And thoughts of course! But some times they creep in without an invitation. What do we do then? 

I have…

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” ― Dalai Lama XIV 

It is easy to be nice to someone who is nice. And we know we should be nice to everyone. But not everyone is nice and…

“I would rather die of passion than of boredom.”  ― Émile Zola 

An hour does seem like a big block of time for someone like me. How about you? But somehow, finding time to write to you right now…

“Empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another and feeling with the heart of another.” – Alfred Adler 

Things I learned through my years of teaching voice are, that first you have to…

“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.” - Aristotle 

If I may be so bold as to begin by adding to what Aristotle has expressed above, I would say, excellence is…

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know when it will be too late.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Oh yeah! I’m all over this one. I mean, I’m a mom, my whole life is selfless. Right?  

“Start wherever you are and start small.” -Rita Baily 

For the past two days I have been on a course. I wanted to get some tools to deal with people that are difficult. What I got were tools…

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein 

I noticed lately that I’ve been getting a bit negative. I know, I know. How could that happen? After all, to me? But…

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”  ― Henry David Thoreau 

I ended my last blog with “Your blissful inspiration is out there. Send it an invitation then allow it in.”…

“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” - Pablo Picasso 

I went to bed last night, my soul wrapped up in a peaceful blanket of pure bliss. We were…

“Nobody has a perfect life. What you see on the screen is the best of the artist.” - René Angelil 

As I have listened to Marc speak about his 20 years working with Celine and René, I can say,…

“Learn to die and you learn how to live.”  

            - Morrie Schwartz via Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie 

This book carried me through the days before and after Christmas. I found little moments each day to read…

The gentle and yielding is the disciple of life.

Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle.

A tree that is unbending is easily broken.” - Lao…

Well I must be really really alive because I have been so dizzy that I can barely walk.

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