“When the negative thoughts come — and they will; they come to all of us — it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.”  — Joel Osteen  I had big plans for the past weekend. I booked a rustic old log cabin a while ago,… Read more

“True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.” – Tom Robbins There is a couple of sayings when it comes to diamonds. It lasts forever, it’s formed under pressure and my favourite – it’s chunks of… Read more

“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.” ― Aristotle As it’s peaking in coldness all… Read more

“Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.” Joel Osteen What upsets you in life? What are those small or big… Read more

My parents have a beautiful dining set, older than I am. A large table, that can extend, with six very comfortable chairs. Whenever we would have visitors and we exceeded the six-chair variation – my mom would pull out the infamous Broken Chair. The broken chair is not broken per say and it metaphorically refers… Read more

“First thought of the morning, last worry of the night – your Goliath dominates your day and infiltrates your joy.”― Max Lucado had a bit of a rough Wednesday last week. I woke up knowing what we were going to do and thought I had the day figured out. We had an underground system failure inspection,… Read more

“The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things” – Henry Ward Beecher I love the idea of sandcastles on a beach. The majority of beach goers play around with basic castles and every now and again you would find a magnificent art piece built by someone. I daydream… Read more

“Self-absorption in all its forms kills empathy, let alone compassion. When we focus on ourselves, our world contracts as our problems and preoccupations loom large. But when we focus on others, our world expands. Our own problems drift to the periphery of the mind and so seem smaller, and we increase our capacity for connection… Read more

External validation easily explained, is to get the approval or the recognition from others, to determine its truth or accuracy. We all have things in our life that we need external validation for. Whether it’s from friends and family, or at work. As human beings, we would like to know that we are on the… Read more

“I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now – unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.” Ken Keyes, Jr. The first time I was actually consciously aware of how quickly time can pass, was the year I turned… Read more