Personal development is a broad category. It can cover so many sub-categories as well and I intend to use them wisely.
There was a time in my life when I could hold a bitter grudge. Getting even was the way to go. I was a very unforgiving woman. If someone mistreated me or someone in my family, I would take the pain and insult to my grave. Moving forward… I am no longer that woman. What …
One hundred years ago, almost no one lived alone. My grandmother never lived alone. Despite this, my mother lived alone and felt part of a community. Most of my friends live alone, but I prefer to live with someone. An article in the New York Times had this to say about loneliness. “In small doses, …
Wouldn’t it be amazing if today you log online and open your bank account to find a deposit of 86,400? What is the first thing you would do? How would you feel? How would you spend it? Stop for a moment before reading on and visualize that scenario for yourself. Really get into it and …
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Living in a cluttered environment does not mean you are not clean. It means you hoard stuff and you cannot let go. Most people I know are sentimental hoarders including me. I have items belonging to my mother, husband, aunt, and daughter all of whom have passed away. I feel as if I get rid …
Make some good memories! It is not until people close to me die, and are no longer here, that I really understand the joy and the absolute necessity of making good memories and storing them away to relive later. As I am loading the dishwasher, I remember a dish Roni my daughter prepared, and what …
My intentions are different from my goals and always have been. My goals seem to get accomplished about 25 percent of the time and my intentions are completed nearly 75 percent of the time. Let me go back in memory a bit. I have been struggling with goals for the last two years. Should I …
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Gifts How do you see your life? Do you see it as a series of misfortunes, or as a steady stream of gifts? As I look over my life by decades, and by day-to-day living, I see an abundance of gifts. Too many to begin counting. I understand that caring for my ailing …
When I started writing this article, Black, Brown, White, and race, I thought it was going to be an easy write, it is not, yet, I find the subject enthralling, captivating and interesting. I am not giving this subject the detail it deserves in the few short paragraphs to follow. If someone asked …
As I look in the mirror this morning, I ask, Why is my mother starring back at me? My head back, mouth open, I enjoy a full belly laugh. I think, how have I passed through time to become my mother?
Why are you so hard on yourself? Have you ever wondered that? For more years than I care to recall I too, was extremely hard on myself. If I made a mistake, I could degrade myself all day or if I made a mis-judgement I was so afraid I would disappoint the people I care …