When you live in the past you live badly. Your past is like a condensed movie of your life that flashes by the side of the highway as you speed by; the years passing by faster than street lights. In the re-run of your life, you are embarrassed by your mistakes, and want to edit… Continue reading Do You Want to Be a Hero? Live WELL
Author: Ann Beaudet
The Teething of Writers
What would happen if we quit every time it was hard to learn a skill? Like writing. When my writing is stuck, I feel frozen. If at first I don’t write something good, I try,try, again, like a masochist who keeps going to the dentist for the pain. I stress out that my writing won’t… Continue reading The Teething of Writers
Careful! Your Resolutions May Straighten Out Your Priorities
Dear Friends: You may find that being beautiful, abundant, loving, friendly, healthy, fit, secure, peaceful, smart, kind, sober, rich, spiritual, sociable, intelligent, motivated, rested, relaxed, creative, and successful is possible. You may find someone who supports your positive changes. You may find that healthy habits feel better than unhealthy ones. You may find that habits… Continue reading Careful! Your Resolutions May Straighten Out Your Priorities
The Miracle of Reiki
I have a low-grade pain on my side, that gnaws at me like the drops of water that eventually erode a mountain. Most of us have pain, be it physical, mental, or both. We can’t turn down the volume on pain, so we are of one of two camps: We never tell anyone about… Continue reading The Miracle of Reiki
Kids Like it When Something Goes Wrong
There was no need to hire a clown for my seventh birthday. Six girlfriends and I piled into my Dad’s huge 1960 Chevy station wagon to drive to the skating rink for my party. But his car wouldn’t start, so he got out and pushed it. But he slipped and fell in the mud. When… Continue reading Kids Like it When Something Goes Wrong
Stop Following the Herd and Lead
It only takes one person to stop following the herd to change the whole world. Like a schoolgirl in Pakistan. Malala Yousefzai used her intellect to fight for a girl’s right to an education. She was not afraid of anyone, because going to school was not a crime. Then the Taliban tried to assassinate her… Continue reading Stop Following the Herd and Lead
Where Do You Go To Get Your Answers?
My mind is a noisy place, where my worries and doubts compete for my attention like auctioneers. But I have an unfair advantage. Where the noise stops. An old soft chair. When I curl up in it for ten minutes in peace, the static in my mind disappears, and I feel better. “What we achieve… Continue reading Where Do You Go To Get Your Answers?
How Empathy Flew Home to Heal Herself
With empathy, as in life, what goes around comes around. The Facebook quiz revealed that I am an empath. I can’t argue with the esteemed researchers at Facebook. Empaths can ~ 1. Sense the emotions of others and can experience their pain and joy. 2. Have double vision to see the world through their eyes… Continue reading How Empathy Flew Home to Heal Herself
Cramming for My Last Performance Review…Ever
When I was eleven, I decorated the landscape with my slogan, BANKSY style. I wrote it on rocks, tattooed it on my hand, squeaky chalked it on a chalkboard, wrote it with my finger in the sand at the beach, and in the sky with a pretend pen. I entered teenagehood inked in a… Continue reading Cramming for My Last Performance Review…Ever
Coffee Headaches: How I Overcame The Incurable Pain
After trying unsuccessfully to quit coffee for three months, I quit in ten minutes. How did I do it? I did it with the help of my three sons. The idea of quitting coffee had been percolating in my mind for a while, and the boys knew it. On our way to the park… Continue reading Coffee Headaches: How I Overcame The Incurable Pain
All Boys are SUPERSTARS
My three adult sons, ages 18, 21 and 22, experienced challenges and triumphs as they grew into young men, but fellow Canadian Justin Bieber became a man with the eyes of the world watching and reporting on his every move. This week he apologized for his actions of the past year on The Ellen… Continue reading All Boys are SUPERSTARS
A Year of This, Makes A Lifelong Learner
photo credit:Barrett Garden Work Day -photopin.com While schools have switched from chalkboards to keyboards, skills like how to think independently and how to collaborate with others are not taught by a computer – those skills are taught by great teachers who have a huge impact on our lives. The memory of our favorite teacher stays… Continue reading A Year of This, Makes A Lifelong Learner