- Published on
Spending eight years in Abu Dhabi, UAE, we learned how much the English cultures are steeped in the tradition of a hot cup of tea. It is a love affair, for sure.
Afternoons in the clinic found us alternating between afternoon coffee and a cuppa (meaning tea). It depended on which parents were there, and what they chose to have served to them, while we drank the same and shared memories, home, experiences, and love.
Flying to and from Abu Dhabi and Texas, I got to enjoy a wonderful cup of tea, served in a porcelain cup with a saucer and a little tiny tea bag bowl, a touch of cream and sometimes a bit of honey.
Today, take a moment-
Pause.
Deep breath, belonging, loving.
A Coffee?
A Cuppa?
Either way, share love.
Afternoons in the clinic found us alternating between afternoon coffee and a cuppa (meaning tea). It depended on which parents were there, and what they chose to have served to them, while we drank the same and shared memories, home, experiences, and love.
Flying to and from Abu Dhabi and Texas, I got to enjoy a wonderful cup of tea, served in a porcelain cup with a saucer and a little tiny tea bag bowl, a touch of cream and sometimes a bit of honey.
Today, take a moment-
Pause.
Deep breath, belonging, loving.
A Coffee?
A Cuppa?
Either way, share love.
- Published on
Our very well-loved copy of Jeff Olson's classic, The Slight Edge.
Some years ago, Jeff Olson published a book called, “The Slight Edge”.
This book had a huge impact on me, as I followed his point that we are always
—always — moving along a trajectory, either in a positive, or in a negative direction.
There is no standing still.
The Slight Edge for Dan Jansen in the ’94 Olympics speed skating was a win by 29 one hundredths of a SECOND. That is 0.29 second. Less than a third of a SECOND,\\
As Jeff Olson said, that’s a very Slight Edge!
Whether you are talking in your life, in your work, or play,
the difference in accomplishing,
the difference in winning and losing,
the difference in positive or negative trajectory
is a very SLIGHT EDGE.
Would you like $1 million dollars right now, or a penny a day, doubled each day for one month?
One penny, doubled every day for a month adds up to $10,737,418…and 24 cents.
Increase your efforts each day - in your family and friend relationships, in work, in play, by just 3/10 of 1%, adding 3/10 of 1% each day, and by the end of 5 years, you will have moved along your Slight Edge 1600%!
Just in a year you’d have improved 100%!
Your nutrition?
Your weight?
Your health?
Your family?
Loving others?
Imagine - after 1 week…1 month…1 year later…
You’ll be living a different life.
Get on and stay on the Slight Edge.
Happy 2026!
Love,
- Published on
“Faith is believing in things
when common sense tells you not to.”
“We need a little Christmas,
Right this very minute,
We need a little Christmas……now.”
This year, as Christmastime lightens your step
And fills your heart,
Carry the miracle of celebration of
The birth of baby Jesus
With you throughout the season.
And you could watch, "Miracle on 34th Street”
And Jerry Herman’s “Mame”
With the family.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
when common sense tells you not to.”
“We need a little Christmas,
Right this very minute,
We need a little Christmas……now.”
This year, as Christmastime lightens your step
And fills your heart,
Carry the miracle of celebration of
The birth of baby Jesus
With you throughout the season.
And you could watch, "Miracle on 34th Street”
And Jerry Herman’s “Mame”
With the family.
Merry Christmas!
Love,
- Published on
There is an interesting book entitled,
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
By John Gray
Mr. Gray explains to us that
Because of the different ways
men and women are ‘wired’,
Communication goes off-rail easily.
“Men rarely say, ‘I’m sorry’ because
On ‘Mars’, it means you have done
Something wrong, and you are apologizing.”
Women say ‘I'm sorry’ as a way to say,
‘‘I care about what you are feeling.’”
Women want their man to say “I'm sorry”, to let their woman know
He cares about what they feel.
And when he does not say it,
The argument begins!
Confusing, to say the least,
For both.
Read more in this classic book -
That helps immensely with
The differences in us.
Love,
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus.
By John Gray
Mr. Gray explains to us that
Because of the different ways
men and women are ‘wired’,
Communication goes off-rail easily.
“Men rarely say, ‘I’m sorry’ because
On ‘Mars’, it means you have done
Something wrong, and you are apologizing.”
Women say ‘I'm sorry’ as a way to say,
‘‘I care about what you are feeling.’”
Women want their man to say “I'm sorry”, to let their woman know
He cares about what they feel.
And when he does not say it,
The argument begins!
Confusing, to say the least,
For both.
Read more in this classic book -
That helps immensely with
The differences in us.
Love,
- Published on
In elementary school, I looked longingly
at the kids’ who had the 64 crayon boxes.
Oh how I wanted all those colors of crayons!
If crayons were emotions, it has been said,
Women have at least..
...that many in their box of emotions.
And men, have the smallest box
Of crayons-emotions,
The box of eight.
And that men only use basically two of those:
Anger,
And Happy.
This basic truism may help us in our relationships
With our beloved other.
Something to ponder today.
Love,
at the kids’ who had the 64 crayon boxes.
Oh how I wanted all those colors of crayons!
If crayons were emotions, it has been said,
Women have at least..
...that many in their box of emotions.
And men, have the smallest box
Of crayons-emotions,
The box of eight.
And that men only use basically two of those:
Anger,
And Happy.
This basic truism may help us in our relationships
With our beloved other.
Something to ponder today.
Love,
- Published on
I learned from Tony Robbins,
Years ago,
About how things we’ve anchored to
...can affect our emotions.
Like, someone touches your shoulder
while you are talking,
The same way someone touched your shoulder
to comfort you after a loss,
years ago.
But you did not notice that then
Or now.
But, you do notice you feel sad
All of a sudden.
Or, you notice you are prickly
The rest of the morning.
What was the anchor?
IT DOESN”T MATTER.
Trust that something
Took you there and now
It is your choice to change your emotion.
Meditate and pray for a moment.
A couple of deep breaths
With long exhalations.
And a decision to feel grateful - and happy.
And go about your day, HAPPY and GRATEFUL.
NO LONGER SAD, or MAD, or..…
Love,
Years ago,
About how things we’ve anchored to
...can affect our emotions.
Like, someone touches your shoulder
while you are talking,
The same way someone touched your shoulder
to comfort you after a loss,
years ago.
But you did not notice that then
Or now.
But, you do notice you feel sad
All of a sudden.
Or, you notice you are prickly
The rest of the morning.
What was the anchor?
IT DOESN”T MATTER.
Trust that something
Took you there and now
It is your choice to change your emotion.
Meditate and pray for a moment.
A couple of deep breaths
With long exhalations.
And a decision to feel grateful - and happy.
And go about your day, HAPPY and GRATEFUL.
NO LONGER SAD, or MAD, or..…
Love,
- Published on
Did you know that you are here on this earth...
To reach specific people,
To love specific people,
To change lives?
Begin today looking around for those people.
Love them!
Be kind to them.
And bask in the wonderful feelings it leaves you with!
“At this very moment,
there are people only you can reach…
And differences only you can make."
- Mike Dooley
Nobody else who can help, will be in their orbit...
At the right time, today.
Nobody else will notice them
At the right time, today.
Nobody else will know to smile
At the right moment, today.
Nobody else will know what to say,
Today...
...be their angel.
Today...
...smile and say good-day.
To reach specific people,
To love specific people,
To change lives?
Begin today looking around for those people.
Love them!
Be kind to them.
And bask in the wonderful feelings it leaves you with!
“At this very moment,
there are people only you can reach…
And differences only you can make."
- Mike Dooley
Nobody else who can help, will be in their orbit...
At the right time, today.
Nobody else will notice them
At the right time, today.
Nobody else will know to smile
At the right moment, today.
Nobody else will know what to say,
Today...
...be their angel.
Today...
...smile and say good-day.
- Published on
You could think about where you’d like to be
And begin working toward that.
And you know what a great first step is?
- To be grateful for another day to move yourself...
...toward what you want your life to be like.
“You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
― C.S. Lewis
Love to you today,
As you begin anew,
On a new day.
And begin working toward that.
And you know what a great first step is?
- To be grateful for another day to move yourself...
...toward what you want your life to be like.
“You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
― C.S. Lewis
Love to you today,
As you begin anew,
On a new day.
- Published on
This week’s word is MAKARIOS
MAKARIOS
Greek for “blessed”
- to be fully satisfied and untouched by the world circumstances.
This week, I will focus thoughts every moment I remember to do so,
And I will work on remembering to do so, FREQUENTLY,
On MAKARIOS:
For what am I grateful?
What blesses me?
Family
Friends
Ability to walk,
to see,
to hear,
to move
To LOVE.
Have a great MAKARIOS autumn week!
MAKARIOS
Greek for “blessed”
- to be fully satisfied and untouched by the world circumstances.
This week, I will focus thoughts every moment I remember to do so,
And I will work on remembering to do so, FREQUENTLY,
On MAKARIOS:
For what am I grateful?
What blesses me?
Family
Friends
Ability to walk,
to see,
to hear,
to move
To LOVE.
Have a great MAKARIOS autumn week!
- Published on
One of the things we often learn the hard way is that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged.
Discouragement is a cousin of overwhelm.
Overwhelm leads to helplessness.
Helplessness leads to hopelessness.
Somewhere in the midst of all that is discouragement
And that’s when we’re on the wrong road.
Just saw a fellow say to get out of discouragement or worry,
NAME it - say what you are feeling and why.
BREATHE it - 4 seconds in and 8 seconds out.
The longer out breath triggers your vagus nerve.
Calms you.
Do it a few times.
Til you feel it.
MOVE it. Move your body - take a walk, or sweep the walk, do some yoga, or dance or……
If your focus still comes back to discouragement,
Do your 3 steps again.
And, through it all think of what you are grateful for
In your life.
Love,
Discouragement is a cousin of overwhelm.
Overwhelm leads to helplessness.
Helplessness leads to hopelessness.
Somewhere in the midst of all that is discouragement
And that’s when we’re on the wrong road.
Just saw a fellow say to get out of discouragement or worry,
NAME it - say what you are feeling and why.
BREATHE it - 4 seconds in and 8 seconds out.
The longer out breath triggers your vagus nerve.
Calms you.
Do it a few times.
Til you feel it.
MOVE it. Move your body - take a walk, or sweep the walk, do some yoga, or dance or……
If your focus still comes back to discouragement,
Do your 3 steps again.
And, through it all think of what you are grateful for
In your life.
Love,
