you have likely come across this quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson which tells us that the thoughts and words we use each day, eventually shape our destinies.
“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
As of late, i’ve been overcome by an urge to drive a truck load of my stuff to the local donation center.
I’m sure you get it. It’s usually this time of year after a Winter of extra gathering that we’re panicked by the lifetime of possessions we’ve collected thus far. Items we think we need, or can’t refuse, gifts and hand-me-downs or hand-me-overs we feel we should keep.
Read MoreIf you are in sync with the seasons, then your body knows that January falls into the season of rest. Yes, winter = rest. Yet we start out the month with a big celebration and jump right into planning what will be in the new year.
This comes with an inescapeable feeling that we are supposed to get right to it and start making things happen pronto. Honestly, that kind of pressure alone makes me tired.
Read MoreIt was not until after years of trying to concieve a child that we began to read about adoption options and learn about open adoption. I remember thinking it seemed a little different that instead of being matched with a baby by an adoption agency we would be chosen by expecting parents, who found themselves for one reason or another unable to raise and parent their child. Cognitively we understood why this would be good, but inside we also felt vulnerable, especailly after the distress of infertility.
Read More–Part of a series (I suspect : ) Entitled “I am my mother’s daughter”
Most of us are raised with a handful of adages that we can’t quite get out of our heads and toward which we often develop a natural rebellion. This has been sort of true for me but now I’ve lived long enough to add the next layer oflearning to this, which is, that usually if you wait long enough, you just may come to deeply understand these old sayings.
Read MoreSo you’ve gone to the seminar, done all your paperwork, completed your home study… and now are in the “waiting stage”. The dreaded “waiting stage”; what to do while your life feels like it’s on hold waiting to start.
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