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Sunny Disposition

Happy just because Love these cute little puppies having such fun on a nice green lawn. It\’s spring and the sun is shining and what more could one ask? Right now I am jumping from one butterfly moment to the next. This could be a bad thing or you know it could be just be […]

Rainbow Makers

Try to be a rainbow I have never read a complete book of Maya\’s poems but the bits and pieces I have read I have liked. This one seems especially nice. When I think about it there have been many people who have been rainbow makers for me. Starting with my parents of course, my […]

Giving with Kindness

Giving with Kindness It is not so much what we give but how we give that matters the most. I have been embarrassed and humiliated by some gifts I have received. Whether the feelings gendered were real or imagined the gifts felt burdensome. Like I was obligated to be grateful. As if I was somehow […]

Astound Yourself

If we all did the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.Thomas Edison What we have done I think it is only in looking back that we see that the things we have done are remarkable. In the doing of them we are pretty much just scrambling to keep afloat. […]

Self Trust

Subscribe to these notes  Today’s Sunshine: Cultivating genuine self-trust is at the heart of living and loving fully. Tara Brach  Self trust vs self doubt I know for a fact that I already created the blog post for today once. I do not not know where it went . . . and so my thoughts […]

Life is the Great Teacher

Subscribe to these notes  Today’s Sunshine: To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher. James Joyce, Irish novelist Puzzle Knitting Love the colors for this kitten puzzle. Almost makes me wish I could knit or crochet and use pretty yarn like this. I did try once but did not have the […]

Everyone can give Encouragement

Subscribe to these notes  Today’s Sunshine: Encouragement to others is something everyone can give. Joel Osteen I found a new site for quotes I was thinking wouldn\’t it be nice if I just had a month\’s set of quotes I could use for my daily posts. And … Google to the rescue! I typed in […]

Just living is not enough

Subscribe to these notes  Today’s Sunshine: \”Just living is not enough … one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Anderson I am fighting the Grumpy Dumps right now. No reason. Just feeling grumpy. It will probably be gone in an hour. But for now best to let it run it\’s course […]

Gift of Friendship

Subscribe to these notes  Today’s Sunshine: \”Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.\” Ralph Waldo Emerson Buddy time Today we had our first warm day in a while. Up to sixty degrees. Buddy spent most of the day outside on the deck picking up some rays. He […]