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You Can Do It, It’s Not That Hard

Denise — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 14:59:47 +0000

“You can do it. It’s not that hard. The awkwardness is learning.” – Ann Herbert, Peace Love and Noticing the Details blog

Happy Mother’s Day! I’m So Lucky.

Denise — Sun, 09 May 2010 15:18:19 +0000

I’m so fortunate to be a daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.

Wonderful, long conversation with my son, d-in-law and grandson this weekend; great call with Mom this morning; and going to lunch with lovely and amazing daughter and future son-in-law today.

Breakfast in bed; orange/ginger/olive oil cake later (compliments of loving husband and soulmate).

. . . → Read More: Happy Mother’s Day! I’m So Lucky.

31 Days of Self Care: Days 6 & 7

Denise — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:36:22 +0000

Wednesday, January 6 (goof off time)

Although still at the computer, I stopped working and spent some time on Facebook with my family during lunch today. Baby steps.

Thursday, January 7 (happiness)

Started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Laughed out loud at the opening line of her Getting Started chapter: “I’d always vaguely expected to outgrow my limitations.” So relate-able. Find out more at the Happiness Project website. Fyi, it hit #2 on the New York Times bestseller list this week!

“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.” – Gretchen Rubin

5 Tiny but Powerful Ways to Be Kind

Denise — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:45:54 +0000

Smile and say hi

Stop and really listen

Slow down and make way for others (get the wave, not the finger)

Hold the door for the next person

Say thank you

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~Dalai Lama

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Power of Love

Denise — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:10:11 +0000

clipped from www.facebook.com

Olivia Frazier Kerr
“When the power of love overcomes the love of power… the world will know peace.” – Jimi Hendrix

Love Does That

Denise — Tue, 05 May 2009 01:42:05 +0000

Sweetheart, this speaks perfectly of you.

clipped from zenamoon.typepad.com

Love Does That by Meister Eckhart

All day long a little burro labors, sometimes
with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just with worries
about things that bother only
burros.

And worries, as we know, can be more exhausting
than physical labor.

Once in a while a kind monk comes
to her stable and brings
a pear, but more
than that,

he looks into the burro’s eyes and touches her ears

and for a few seconds the burro is free
and even seems to laugh,

because love does
that.

Love frees.

March Fortune

Denise — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:05:08 +0000