I am not always prepared for change, but dealing with change is a lot easier with the right perspective.  Normally our house is full of people over the holidays, but life has taken the girls and me down a different path over the last few years. In the past, this weekend would be the kick-off for summertime guests, a house full of people, and lots of hustle and bustle.  It was the middle of the afternoon on Memorial Day and I found myself floating in our pool… alone.    Interestingly enough, the change was not troublesome, it was peaceful.  As…

I listen carefully to all advice that I am given and make a decision on how that advice relates to me and my beliefs.  Equally as important as the advice I follow is the advice that I tuck away as something not to pursue.   I try my best to avoid giving unwanted advice to others.  However, my continual advice to myself is to keep my heart open to abundant love.  As I walk through each day I make a decision to love.  I choose to see the good.  I can always find something to dislike, but I don’t allow…

We are experiencing a time when reassuring people with a hug is limited to your immediate isolation “family.”  It is a time when many of us need that closeness, but some of our normal avenues of comfort are not readily available to us. Looking at my own family I am incredibly impressed at how they have adapted to what has been imposed on all of us these past few months.  Although none of us know what is in our future, I find myself giving reassurance that we will embrace whatever becomes our new normal.    I see a world full of…

I care what people think because I don’t want people not to like me, right?  It is so simple but so powerful.  Most of us want to be liked or want to be likable.  Being disliked can be very lonely.  However, it seems to me that we can be lonely even if we are well-liked.    So why do I really care what people think?  1.  I care because I genuinely have love in my heart for all individuals. I may not respect everything that everyone does, but I do have love in my heart for all.  The opposite…