Tag: positive

It’s Thanksgiving week! When recalling the extremes we’ve witnessed this year, such as natural disasters, civil unrest, fear-driven hysteria, and restrictions that threaten our constitutional rights (oh, and let’s not forget the great toilet paper “shortages” of 2020), it can be difficult to feel grateful.  But if we take...

It is easy to become discouraged when we focus on what we can’t do. For example, I find it disheartening that I can’t exercise the way I did before suffering two major physical injuries. Wanting to eat healthy and lacking the time to cook vexes me. On top of...

Life can feel stressful. Responsibilities can seem overwhelming. The “to-do” list somehow never quite makes it into being the “completely done” list. When we choose to place our focus on the things that didn’t go right, or the tasks that didn’t get completed, or something we messed up on,...

When all you see in the news these days is story after story of mayhem, violence, murder, destruction, injustice, fear, and complete pandemonium, it can be overwhelming, discouraging, and stressful.  Quite frankly, I’m over it.  It makes me sick to my stomach. We can’t ignore the bad, but if...