Natalia Corres
It was the blood wolf moon this last weekend, I gloried in it. The earth's shadow ate the sun glow from the face of the moon, even as I had "Werewolves of London" refraining in my head. You fear the moon's full face, as too many years it signaled you as prey to the night …
The month of January is half over, already. If you made resolutions, how are those working out for you? If you set goals, where are you on that journey? There is so much going on in the world that you have no control over, now is the time to focus on what you HAVE CONTROL …
I took a number of Dale Carnegie courses, designed to help me remember the names of people I met casually, so that I could network effectively. The net result is that I am not great at remembering people's names - however...if they tell me their birthdate, or their pet's name(s) I am more likely to …
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In our house the only times we are not in motion are when we make the mistake of relaxing, because then we get sick. It's as if our bodies are awaiting a signal that says we have some "spare" time - and then we get blasted with the accumulation of months of stress and exposure …
I feel the grief of all the year more keenly at the holidays, my friends' losses are in the background of every joyful event - like remembering that behind the blue-gray skies is a darkness, profound and still. And even though there are myriads of brights spots in the space beyond, still it is cold …
Simple things make big impacts…
What is it about the handwritten note, that can make such a difference in the course of a life?
Is it the colorful decoration? Or the preprinted sentiment?
Of course that took some thought, and can bring a smile…
But that is not all,
it is the time and (though small) effort that it took to pick up a pen and write a sentence or two directly from one mind, heart, soul through the ink flowing
to the recipient’s mind, heart and soul.
It shows an effort made with care and thought.
It demonstrates the value that one person has for another.
And, it is a physical reaching out that touches one hand to another,
in a way that can touch that person again and again with every re-reading.
It is a way to be present when miles separate you both.
There are days when I am so frustrated while trying to assist someone who refuses to be assisted that I think of the whole "free will" concept and the old saying "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink" pops into my head and I want to throw up my …
I wrote this on my Zen of living smaller blog and decided to share it here, too.
As I get older and see my circle of friends aging, too – I see a greater need for people to be there for each other.
I mean this in the most practical way! I have many friends who are single, with no family nearby or no family at all, and even the youngest of them may sometimes get ill or need help with something. Our society pooh-poohs anyone who is not self-sufficient, since we are all supposed to be strong and rugged individualists.
The bottom line is that many people who NEED help (even with something small, like getting boxes out of the attic) rarely ASK for help, and sometimes blow their budget paying for help when a friend could have done it for them.
So I am asking you all to consider BEING THERE for your extended family of friends. And if you have no one that you…
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The poet stood, backbone straight, feet planted to anchor her soaring words, which she pitched at us with the ferocity of summer fastballs. The poet stood, hands and arms in motion, punctuating the thoughts chopping the ends of sentences and flipping them out to the hearts listening. The poet stood, head bowed with the weight …
As we hurtle headlong into the season of "giving" I am reminded of the tales of desperate drowning men standing on their compatriots for one more breath of life giving air. Their only focus is their own need, while they actively though unconsciously contribute to the death of some unseen human floundering beneath them. That …
