In his book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Robert Fulghum offers essential tidbits of wisdom most of us learned as children, including “Share everything. Dont take things that aren’t yours. Put things back where you found them.” In the last decade or so, adults have been revisiting these essential lessons […]
Language Matters
The words we choose can alter our thoughts, which can affect our actions, which can, simply put, start to change the world (or at least our ideas about the world). How our words are perceived and received may also depend on our intent and the context within which we utilize or frame them. Even the […]
Ever Get Lonely? Take Time to Connect!
“Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” ~ Honoré de Balzac In my June 22, 2015 Ageless Beat blog, “Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely….” I spoke about how we all may experience loneliness and, though it may seem ironic, sometimes it’s beneficial to spend time alone doing something nurturing to […]
Alone Doesn’t Mean Lonely
Have any of you been through a recent change or loss which transformed your role in and/or perspective about life and your future? With graduations, weddings, and kids going off to camp, college, or on a global trek — all marker events which reach a crescendo at this time of year — many of […]
Bouncing Forward After Sandy
I tried writing about a million different topics this week, but I can’t really focus on anything but this hurricane. We lost power for days on end, but we have had food, water, shelter. The images of those without any of these things, those in need of medical care, not to mention the devastation are deeply disturbing.
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