“IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER" I would have talked less and listened more. I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded. I would have eaten the popcorn in the "good" living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted [...]
Tag: joy
The Survivor’s Nest – 5 Tips For Decorating With Mirrors View
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton I did a lot of reflecting this week so, of course, I thought I'd talk about mirrors in today's The Survivor's Nest post. Looking around my own home, I realized I'm surrounded by wonderful examples I'd [...]
Mindful Monday – What is Success to You?
"To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To give of one's self; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a [...]
Casual Friday – Spring Break
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran I am flashing back to me sitting at a little table in kindergarten and joyously finger painting. I was painting apples and remember the red paint squishing between my fingers as I swirled it [...]
The Survivor’s Nest – A Very Special Courageous Woman with Cancer
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Mark Twain I'm doing something I've never done before with today's Survivor's Nest post - I'm talking about a person. This is a courageous woman with cancer who doesn't even have a nest of her own - she is homeless right now and [...]
Cancer Warriors Wednesday – 10 Things to Do on Leap Day
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. Henry Miller Today is that rarest of days, February 29th or Leap Day. Every four years, we add an additional day to February to keep the calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun. Because it takes the Earth [...]
Casual Friday – Susan Boyle
A hasty judgment is a first step to recantation. Publilius Syrus Publilius Syrus was a Roman writer who lived from 85 BC to 43 BC. Why do you think we have yet to evolve beyond making hasty judgments about other people? Enjoy the video. Every time I watch it I still get goose bumps. In a [...]
The Survivor’s Nest – Check Out The Snow Day Calculator
The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found? J. B. Priestley I never really dream of a white [...]
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