Spring is Springing

and life is vibrantly shouting for joy.

According to the calendar, the 1000-days Winter is officially over. Hip, hip, hooray! Hip, hip, hooray! Hopefully, the weather agrees and acts like it.

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The Wisdom of Many Winters

Are you Slowing Down enough?

I’m living in an endless winter. We had our first snow on November 3rd this year. The backyard is buried under at least 3 feet of it. It’s beautiful. And it keeps on coming down.

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Whose voice inside you is the loudest?

Listening on the inside can be a really good idea. A useful practice. Beneficial. Life changing.

But to whom are you listening? Whose voice is the loudest, the most insistent, in there.

And from where are you listening? The mind can twist everything little thing it hears to fit its sneaky little agenda of keeping you trapped in a cage without a door.

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“Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.” ~Dan Brown

The spoon in the pot full of water in the kitchen sink…the handle had a bend in it. An angle, maybe a 120 degree angle. An angle that wasn’t supposed to be there.

It was such a powerful optical illusion. What made it bend? Why I could see it and my breakfast companion could not?

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"If you have gone one day in your life without laughing, you really need to consider what you're doing."

This sentence was scribbled on a torn scrap of paper by one of my 3rd year Spanish students, Nina. She handed me the folded note as she left class that Spring morning - May 17, 2010 to be exact!

The author of this wisdom? Yours truly.

I often started class by sharing with my students how much fun life is and how we can always bring that fun into our learning environment. More than 20 years-in-education later, I still believe that with all my heart.

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A New Year, A New You

A New Year, Allowing for Change  ??

A New Year, Opening to Possibility  ??

Here Go ‘Round Again  ??

Trying to think of a catchy title is a little off-putting. I’ve been fortunate enough to take a couple weeks off, post-holiday season. It’s been quite lovely. So nice, in fact, that getting back to the keyboard is a might painful.

Maybe you feel like that too? Or maybe you love being back to your routine, your pattern?

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Clearing the Clutter

Finally. I just submitted my application packet for the Nevada Woman Owned Small Business of the Year! (I was nominated by one of my mentors in the Small Business Development offices.) How exciting.

And Yay! One more fun thing checked off the list.

And in so doing, I’ve cleared up a lot of mental space.

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Locus of Control

What might you give up in order to enjoy peace with your teenager? This question might be scary! It also holds the keys to peace and harmony in the home.

“Let it go” is now a popular phrase, and song. It’s a very useful one too.

The trick is knowing what to let go of, what to give up.

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