Photo by Magda Ehlers on Pexels.com I'm out of blog posts. I try to set-up blog posts in advance. I sit for a day or two and brainstorm what I want to write about and then get as many done as I can. I've had as many as a three months of cushion with scheduled … Continue reading Zero Written
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Focus Fox: Humor
Focus Fox says: A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. Or in my case, a single stilt looking for its partner. Inspired by William Arthur Ward
Lightning
Photo by Johannes Plenio on Pexels.com My step-dad's mom has a story about how she was washing the windows in her farmhouse during a storm. Lightning struck her through the window. She was pregnant at the time and ended up losing the baby. Can you imagine? Now, 60+ years later, if there is even a … Continue reading Lightning
Awake
Photo by Nathan Cowley on Pexels.com I woke up this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. It's three AM and everyone else was asleep. I sat down in the living room so the light of the computer won't wake anyone else up. I didn't bother to turn on lights. So the windows were empty … Continue reading Awake
Sting
While walking across the parking lot at the grocery store, something stung me on the fleshy part of my hand below my thumb. Since it flew away, I think it was a wasp . For awhile after, the area throbbed and ached. I noticed how the cart handle felt because of the pain. I was … Continue reading Sting
Door
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls. - Joseph Campbell
Success
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. - Bill Gates
The ‘right’ way
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com I spend too much of my time and energy worried if I am doing something right. I don't mean math problems or things with a single solution, but things that the answer I seek is based on context and social conventions. Where the fear of judgment makes me pause. At … Continue reading The ‘right’ way
Never too late
It is never too late to be what you might have been. - George Eliot
Quiet
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com One of the things I miss is the quiet. There is almost always someone up or something that has to be done. Usually urgently. There are very few moments where I can just sit and enjoy the silence. Let the thoughts bounce around in my head. I used to get … Continue reading Quiet
