I have been drinking lots of herbal tea this winter. It’s a warm, sweet way to stay hydrated in a season that automatically gives me dry hands and chapped lips. Best of all, though, each of my tea bags has an inspirational saying on its tiny tag, so I not only get a hot cup […]
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Rereading Don’s posts about tiny habits and obtainable goals, I was reminded of a movie quote that, at the time I heard it, quite honestly acted as a wake-up call for me. In the movie, the main character turns to a friend and asks a rhetorical question about living the life that’s around him instead
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This season can be a hectic, overwhelming time for many of us, regardless of what holidays we do or do not celebrate. It is often called “the season of giving”, but sometimes it feels more like the season of buying, or at least, the season of giving expensive gifts to everyone we know, the pressure
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Anger is as natural, neurologically, as our desire to eat and drink, to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Sometimes, anger is ok, like when we see or hear about injustice or cruelty and are motivated to respond (hopefully not in an out of control way). Most of the time, though, our limbic system goes into
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Are you a morning person? I wouldn’t say I’m especially not a morning person – I’m generally not grumpy until I’ve had coffee, and I usually don’t have too hard of a time waking up – but I’m definitely not at the top of my game in the morning. In fact, most people I know
Last November, I wrote about gratitude letters, how I wrote a note of thanks to the people in my life who I am grateful for, listing reasons why they were so special to me. This year, I’ve decided to show my appreciation for my loved ones in a different way. I’ve told them the special
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I think we have all been there. Driving behind someone who stops in a lane of traffic to turn – without using their signal. Walking behind someone in a store who slams the door in our face. Little moments of inconsiderate behavior where we stop and think “So rude! I can’t believe people do that!”
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Driving home from our local arboretum, I was thinking about the loveliness that is fall, humming along to the radio while golden leaves drifted over my windshield and sun streamed into the car. I was thinking about pumpkins, the scarecrow display we had just seen, the bright splashes of color on the trees, when a
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