I Write The Words

For the past several years, I’ve been hearing a common cry: “Focus on what you want, and the universe will deliver.”  I think this is a little simplistic.  Instead of assuming that the universe simply delivers, could it be that by focusing on what we want, we actually move ourselves in that direction?

We start thinking about . . . → Read More: The Universe Delivers

In the novel I’m writing, my heroine enters a restroom where she finds a dead body. She feels as though the world has tipped on its axis, plummeting her into a nightmare where her life will never be the same. Of course, that’s a novel, but in many ways, what we’re experiencing feels the same way.

The . . . → Read More: The Financial Shift

I got out a stamp this morning and realize how much I hate having to deal with mailing snail mail.  I know the Post Office is considering the idea of reducing mail delivery to only weekdays, and I wonder how I’ll feel about that.

I like getting mail. It comes everyday at about 2:30, and the dogs . . . → Read More: Stamps

According to Rumer Godden, we live in a house of four rooms: Physical, Mental, Emotional and Spiritual. In thinking about this, I know that I have friends and acquaintances who are always analyzing things – the mental room; always dragged down by worrying about things – the emotional room; or looking to the spiritual for help . . . → Read More: What Room Do You Live In?

I have been doing all of the things that everyone needs me to do, but none of the things that I need to do. How often do we women, especially mothers, get into that mode? We let other’s needs take control of our lives. In fact, we do it even when those we help aren’t expecting . . . → Read More: Always a Mother

I need someone who has the time and money to go to the offices of all of my representatives and lobby for what I need. I can’t do it. I’m caught between trying to make a living, taking care of my kids, at least financially, and taking care of my parents as their mental and physical . . . → Read More: I Need a Special Interest Group

It is time for change. Our finances are a mess and most of us are lost and confused about how to move forward.

We thought we were living in this wonderful world that allowed us a certain amount of irresponsibility. The ability to spend money we didn’t have and somehow know that there would be a way . . . → Read More: Our Finances

Happiness and reaching for a goal — are these two ideas compatible? Or as human beings do we require a goal, and if we do, is it because we are dissatisfied with the way things are in our lives?

This idea has been questioned for years, maybe even centuries. “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” says . . . → Read More: Contentment vs. Perseverance