Do you sometimes wonder if hope is friend or foe?
You hope, but your hopes don’t seem to materialize. You hope a sibling will be more sensitive to all you do, you hope your care recipient will know more pain-free days, you hope your life will be easier. But, the hopes just seem to stay that—hopes.
Try [...]
Your life has limitless potentials–even within the constraints of your caregiving.
This week, consider: Who are you? Who do you want to be? How can you be who want today?
Then, be who you truly are. Be the wise, strong, shining star you are. Be.
Want to make a certain decision but worried about how others will react?
If you make decisions that will make everyone happy but you, then you’ve made a decision in fear. And, that’s selling yourself short.
You make good, wise decisions.
You can explain the reasons for your decision simply and successfully. When you do this, you are [...]
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In basketball, when someone takes a shot and misses, a teammate grabs the rebound in order to take another shot. The team trains to perfect rebounding as much as it does shooting—knowing every shot won’t net a score.
Who grabs your rebounds?
You can’t make every shot, i.e., solve every problem, meet [...]
What a great word! It brings to mind awesome actions.
You can take charge. You can charge it. You can re-charge.
–Take charge. This week, commit your attention to a situation, relationship or issue that you’ve put to the side. Solve it, love it or move from it, whatever it needs. Take charge.
–Charge it. This week, budget [...]
Regrets. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live a life of minimal regrets?
Often, the regrets are about the “not’s”, not verbalizing our feelings to those most important in our lives. We may stay silent out of fear, which often gets our tongue (beating out the cat). We may be afraid that our feelings aren’t reciprocated. Or, [...]
How do you treat yourself? As well as you do others?
Treat yourself with kindness, respect and love. Treat yourself to:
–Annual visits to your doctor and semi-annual ones to your dentist;
–Quiet moments every day so you can hear who you are;
–Terrific relationships that honor you;
–Regular encouragement to keep moving forward;
–Invigorating exercise that keeps you in tip-top [...]
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During the holiday, we are told to Make Merry or Be Merry. We are wished a Merry Christmas.
Can we really have Merry in our life?
Yes. You actually already do. You have Merry when you hold your care recipient’s hand, when you share a smile with a loved one, when you let peace live [...]
Does “wonderful” describe your life?
Yes, it does!
It does because of you. You make it wonderful because you believe in yourself. Because you keep the faith in yourself, even on your rough days. Because your decisions reflect the respect you have for yourself, your family and your values. Because you know about the precious commodity called [...]
You know you are home when you feel warm (even when it’s cold), safe (no matter what’s happening out in the world) and calm (although calamity may surround you).
Home is how you feel, not where you live.
Welcome home.
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