June 26th, 2011, Life Lessons

Breathe deep

In … Out … In … Out …

Many years ago when I was in college my roommate and I took a womens’ self defence course. One of the things we were taught was that upon attack we should take a deep breath before doing anything else. You see, humans when panicked tend to forget to breathe. But only with oxygen can our brains function properly and tell us the best course with which to proceed.

In every day life we don’t think about breathing much. Yet it is so important to our well being. It is also helpful when

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June 19th, 2011, Life Lessons

What feels good may not be the thing that does

brunch with friends

Sorry about the convoluted title. Please bear with me and I’ll try to explain.

People often remark on me looking at least ten years younger than my chronological age. No, I do not have a great plastic surgeon. I probably have a bit of genetic luck and I don’t smoke which helps. Mainly though, I pay extreme attention to minimize the exposure of my skin to UV-rays. They are the main contributors to ugly wrinkles and even skin cancer.

Now don’t get me wrong. I am a sun child. The hotter and muggier it gets, the happier I am. Endless

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June 12th, 2011, Life Lessons

Be a better person each day

Escalator-Stairs

In order to have a more beautiful life, we must become the best person we can possbily be. To some of us this is a daunting task. Their image of their ideal self is huge and perfect and not humanly attainable on this planet.

Others may not even have reflected on what their ideal me would be like. Whichever of these two categories you belong to or to which degree does not matter. Sure it is nice to have a big game plan. But having or not having one does not stop you from making a little step in the

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June 7th, 2011, Life Lessons

Stretch your soul!

sun-good things in life

Photo: Jane M. Sawyer

Today, I had this absolutely incredible thing happening to me: Someone took care of me. I kid you not. Usually I am the strong one. In this case I had landed myself in a spot of trouble and a friend, a fairly new one at that, went to bat for me. When I thanked her, she told me, she would go to bat for me anytime and that she was glad she was able to help.

A little bit embarrassing – I must tell you – I started to cry. This felt so nice. Someone

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