Have you ever given someone you care about great advice – only to have them ignore it and do something else? You KNEW if they’d only listened to you, they would have successfully navigated the challenge and moved forward with ease…why won’t they listen? Our conversations are filled with it. We observe, and then we […] Continue reading →

“Slow down, you move too fast  You’ve got to make the morning last. Just kickin’ down the cobblestones, Looking for fun and feelin’ groovy” – Simon and Garfunkel The 59th Street Bridge Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJBhdKrwTOc   I forgive myself for believing I have to keep pushing. I give myself permission to just be. I can push, […] Continue reading →

Everything can be taken from us with the exception of our ability to choose our response in any given set of circumstances. (With gratitude to Vicktor Frankl who wrote about this in his ground-breaking work “Man’s Search for Meaning” c.1946). It did me well to remember this on Tuesday. Travelling from Calgary on a 7am […] Continue reading →

I still remember that box in my elementary classroom. You know the one … decorated with hearts with a slot on the top, for a week leading up to the BIG DAY we would each eagerly post our secret Valentines – declaring that we “liked” someone else in the class. During my elementary school days […] Continue reading →

On Sunday morning I turned the calendar to discover a perfectly symmetrical month! “Look! This month is in perfect alignment  – all organized, and tidy –  each row beginning and ending where it should – I wonder how often that happens.” My partner looked at me quizzically and then became very quiet. My  random observation, […] Continue reading →