“Refuse to fall down. If you cannot refuse to fall down, refuse to stay down, lift your heart toward heaven like a hungry beggar, ask that it be filled and it will be filled.” ~ Clarissa Pinkola Estes Flickr photo: pantheon pilaster, looking up, by antmoose { FRIDAY PHOTOS offer the lift of beauty } […]
Thursday, October 29, 2009
We think we can’t see. We think we are blind. We think we are looking at something tiny and limiting and there’s nothing there. But the world is chock full of tricks. The eye, the mind, the spirit, expand and contract depending on how we look and where we look and what we want to […]
“Today I am grateful for detours.” ~ aussiegall Flickr photo: 30 Days of Gratitude – Day 22, by aussiegall, aka Louise Docker of Looking Glass Images { FRIDAY PHOTOS offer the lift of beauty } Related viewing: 32 Ways to Increase Your Income (with photo by aussiegall)
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Julian Treasure is a champion for those of us who have sensitive ears and nervous systems. His short talk “The 4 Ways Sound Affects Us,” given at the 2009 TED Conference, packs a wallop of pertinent information for HSPs into less than five minutes. You can watch it below. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. […]
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The process of writing is a tool. It serves us, not the other way around. There’s something wrong when struggling with the writing process keeps people’s marvellous thoughts and much-needed wisdom from reaching the rest of us. To make the writing process easier, to shift the focus from how to write to what to say, […]
Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School I’d not heard of this 2006 gem until recently, in spite of the star-studded cast, which includes Marisa Tomei, Mary Steenburgen, John Goodman, Sean Astin, and Robert Carlyle. Carlyle plays a widow who, through a chance encounter on a highway, makes a promise that leads him to a […]
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
How often do you feel overwhelmed? What story do you tell yourself then? If there’s any self-pity in your story, it’s time to change your perspective. If you compare yourself to others and conclude that you’re designed poorly, you’re looking through eyes that aren’t your own. You are perfectly packaged. Adjust your advertising. Too scratchy. […]
