Wednesday Wisdoms – Great Expectations

As I was getting ready to do something I reminded myself it probably didn’t matter anyway, but I would go through the motions because I said I would. Ouch! I couldn’t believe I actually had such a negative perspective on what I was planning to do. I might as well have...

Wednesday Wisdoms – Who’s Your Cheerleader?

Remember what it was like to hear your cheerleader? We listened when we were young, and believed we were invincible and could do anything. Then at some point, we started to doubt what we were hearing and started buying into our imperfections. Maybe someone reminded us...

Wednesday Wisdoms – Oscar the Grouch & Me

Happiness is a skill and a choice, I write. Attitude is what I deal in, reminding people that we are what we think and we can always choose positivity. And then it dawned on me, with quite a shock, that I was a grouch. And it’s definitely not the way I want to be. How...

Wednesday Wisdoms – The Author & The Squirrel

I wanted to send a photo to the manufacturer of the last of many squirrel-proof bird feeders I’ve purchased. The squirrel had knocked off the top and was head first into the cylinder–only his tail showing—enjoying his breakfast. It may have said “squirrel...