Every experience

has a lesson wrapped up in it.  Some weeks, or days, I feel like going back to bed.  It isn't that often, but I know you have been there.  Get up, stub your toe, slept through the alarm, phone rings and you can't get to your coffee, the shirt you put out has a spot on it.  O.K.  Then things continue to go down hill.  Wait, stop!  What did I forget to do?  Oh, that's right.  I forgot to say, "what is this telling me?"  Or, we forget to realize that we can hit the pause button and decide to change course. But the bigger picture is that there is always a lesson here.  Probably, there will be some random stuff, but, maybe it is to go to bed earlier. Maybe it is that we are having the bounce back test.  Maybe we have been ignoring our toe and it wants to be heard.  I don't know.  It is worth thinking about.  Some of my best lessons have been wrapped in what seems like chaos at the time. 

Celebrate and Honor

Your veterans and their contribution to all our well-being, today and every day!

It'a true!

Forgiveness always triumphs!

Thought for the day

"What would you attempt if you knew you would not fail?"  I have a little figure with this written on it on a mirror.  It is something to think about when we are feeling "brave."  It is also something to think about when we are not feeling brave.  I have decided to make a list.  Want to join me?

Rain, rain

gently tapping on my windows and roof, sending me into a deep sleep, greening up the fall shrubs who have started to turn color, nourishing all.  Rain, rain, liquefying the leaves that have clustered on the street into some sort of orange pudding, slip, slop. Rain, rain, causing me to wear a coat and hat, giving me the most beautiful air to breathe!  Rain, rain.

We all fail

and no one likes to.  The truth is, some of our best lessons come from failure.  Look at Thomas Edison, how many times did he fail?  In fact, if we looked at some of the best minds ever, they failed more times than they could count.  It isn't the failing that counts, it is the getting up and trying again.  I personally don't like the word "fail,"  probably because of it's connotation, but I do know that when things don't turn out the way I want or expect them to, the only way I fail is if I decide to quit trying.

Welcome Jamaica!

We are so happy to see you!  You are our 49th country!  Please come back!