Have you ever had a time where you were just going along, minding your own business, thinking one way when WHAM! Out of seemingly nowhere life tosses something at you that completely shifts your way of thinking? Completely shifts your focus?
I’ve just had one of those experiences.
In fact it hit me hard enough that it [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Changing the focus (aka It’s not all about me)
Posted in change, tagged change, God, Love on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why do bad things happen to good people?
Posted in Faith, change, tagged Authenticity, church, Faith, God on September 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ahhh….the unanswerable question. Also phrased as, “If God’s so good, why is there suffering in the world?”
Or even, “If God really exists, why do such lousy things happen?”
The church Mr. Spuds and I are visiting has started a sermon series called “God, I have a question…” As I mentioned last week (or at least I [...]
Light in the darkness?
Posted in Coaching, change, happiness, tagged happiness, journey, Light, Peace on September 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Brow furrowed…..eyes squinting….concentrating…..looking…..looking….
Is that…..could it be…..am I imagining things? Is that actually light in the proverbial tunnel that I’m seeing? Hmmmmm…
At the beginning of the year I was in a pretty dark place. I’d closed myself off to almost everything and everyone and every feeling. I was gritting my teeth and trying to blindly get [...]
Enough of the whining……
Posted in Faith, change, happiness, tagged Choices, Faith, God's love, God's will on September 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday’s ramblings seem a little “whiney” to me. And that’s really not a state of mind I want to stay in. It’s okay to end up there every now and then…..but I want to move beyond that. There’s no need for me to stay stuck in self pity.
So…moving forward.
Mr. Spuds and I have been trying [...]
Coaching Progress
Posted in Coaching, change, happiness, tagged change, happiness, journey, Migraines on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I sit by my window gazing at the amazing pink anemone flowers now in bloom I’ve realized fall is literally hours away. (Well…..I suppose it’s technically always a given number of hours away. But that number is much smaller now. Grin!) Fall. It can’t be fall already, can it? It seems like just yesterday [...]
Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Posted in Veggie Tales, tagged humor, silly songs, Talk like a pirate day, Veggie Tales on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Arrrrrrrr! Ahoy mateys! (I love this day!)
Why are so many mysteriously drawn to this day? Deep down do we all love pirates? (Pirates beyond the delectable Captian Jack Sparrow. Sigh…..Johnny Depp with eyeliner…..sigh…..where’s the rum?!) September 19th seems to bring out the quirky side of everyone. Even my boss (from a super-conservative fairly formal company) sent [...]
Farewell Much Loved Pin Oak
Posted in Nature, tagged Nature, Poetry, Trees on September 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A friend of mine from Maine e-mailed me with sad news this week. His wonderful shade-providing pin oak has blight. And must be removed post haste to avoid infecting other trees.
(Pause for a moment of silence.)
Now I understand not everyone will feel the loss of a single (though it now sounds as if it may [...]
Return to the 21st Century
Posted in books, tagged books, Electricity, Escape on September 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ahhhhhh….it feels so good to be back!
Where was I you ask? Well, physically I didn’t leave. Things left me. Important things. Things like hot water. Things like lights. Things like ice cream. Thing like cable TV and the Internet. Little things like ELECTRICITY!!!
Yup. The remains of Hurricane Ike left the Spuds family with no power [...]
Beautiful One I Adore
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beauty, God, happiness, Love on September 12, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Now that I’ve started this blog I find myself wanting to add to it daily. As Yoda might say, “Unexpected this is.” I imagined I’d add ramblings one a week or so. Yet I can’t seem to stop writing! Every day something triggers the thought, “Hey I could blog about this” or “Hmmmm…I should write [...]
Memories from seven years ago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grief, memories on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In some ways September 11, 2001 feels like yesterday. And at the same time it feels like a lifetime ago.
I was at a point in my life where I had taken some time away from work (about 6 months) and was at home. The night before I had finalized plans to meet a friend for [...]
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