It’s early one Sunday morning. While the rest of my suburbanite family members sleep, I quietly tippy-toe out of the house just as the sun is rising. It’s time for my daily walk. My footsteps tap out a rhythmic beat as I pass one house, then the next . . . dodging the unexpected spurts of…
Weekend Reflections
The Key to More Happiness – Awe
I was raised on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan which is ringed by gorgeous beaches and sand dunes. Whenever I return to the dunes, I’m transported to my childhood – the warm sand squishing between my toes, the squeaky crunch-crunch sound it makes when you walk along a pristine stretch. At the dunes, I…
Are You Living an Imperfect Life?
Whose life are you living? . . . . . .your imperfect one? Or the one someone else thinks you should be living?
3 Questions to Refocus Your Life Plan
It seems hard to believe now, but there was a time when broadcast journalist Diane Sawyer was stuck. Shortly after college graduation (where she majored in “Identity Crisis and Self-Absorption, with a minor in Poetry and Daydreaming”1) she returned home, feeling aimless and unsettled. Her father asked her these three questions to help her get…