Growth through Rejection Join me for the next thirty-one days as I join other bloggers around the world for the #Write31Days challenge of October 2017. This is my fourth year to participate in the challenge. In 2014, I wrote on 31 days of Living In 2015, I wrote on 31 days to Discipline In... Continue Reading →
POD #13: As a child. . . It’s your turn to do the exercise. List 10 things you loved as a child. List 10 things you loved doing as a child.Do you see your creative calling in there?Do you regularly engage in your creative calling right now? Either in your work or in some other part... Continue Reading →
I am not generally a flower person, so when I can't get an image off my mind, and it's a flower, I take notice. This picture doesn't do justice to the vibrant colors that are portrayed in my mind, but it was the closest I could come to the type and colors of flower that... Continue Reading →
POD #29: Help is on the way When I think about times that I have needed help, and received it from a totally unexpected source, my mind is overwhelmed with the examples. Like the time I needed money to get to my friend's memorial and a customer in the bank met my need as he... Continue Reading →
POD #19: The Power of Your Word One of the quotes that those close to me would say is a Jackie-ism is "Your words have power." I grew up hearing the scripture that "the power of life and death are in the tongue. " But I don't know when it really clicked for me that what we... Continue Reading →
POD #18: My bucket Right now, I feel like my bucket is empty. Waiting for some type of inspiration, passion or creativity to magically begin to flow. There are a few that come regularly to drink from my bucket, but I am not feeling the fresh connections and creativity that comes as new people come... Continue Reading →
POD #17: Spiritual Pepper Spray (Good Judgement or Judging) When I think about judging others, and if I'm honest I do it more than I should, I am comparing how I do something or see something with how someone else responds. Generally, when I am judging someone, I myself as better than someone in a... Continue Reading →
POD #16: Beyond ‘the provisional life’ As I look at the list of "organizations" I'm involved with I do think there are times that I am just "doing duty." It is never a constant feeling in any place, just a passing moment as my expectations are left unmet in a given moment. I usually find... Continue Reading →
POD #14: Childhood, part deux This morning someone shared on Facebook about being childlike rather than childish. It resonated because yesterday, I was definitely being childish. I won't defend that it was less childish than I have been in the past, it doesn't matter - I was childish. So this is a thought-provoking prompt. My husband... Continue Reading →
POD #13: The Power of Your Identity What a timely prompt, because I was really thinking about this today as I did my water jogging class. Like, Tara might have been in my brain when she wrote it out, because even her example is spot on. I love the quote from Tony Robbins "The #1... Continue Reading →
Restoring Voice 