If you’ve ever wished for a month of Sundays, you may have gotten your wish. We’re trying to keep Sunday special. In my house, we’re working to differentiate the days of the week. Meatless Mondays. Taco Tuesdays. Philbin Fridays. And then there’s Sunday. Sunday is a day to do what we want. No is even trying to accomplish anything. Breakfast is leaking into afternoon. Puzzles, reading, anything goes that will pass a few hours pleasantly. The dog, who has yet…
I’m thankful for real and courageous leadership wherever I find it. A couple days ago, Angela Markell made a plea to her people to save lives and come together as a democracy for the good of all. This is what leadership looks like, telling the truth, addressing people’s concerns with empathy and compassion, offering a vision for the future that inspires people to do the right thing. Worth watching.
Soap. It’s a wonderfully low-tech solution in a high tech world. I’m appreciating soap anew. First of all, there’s the way it smells. Lavender. Lemon verbena. Geranium. Just the clean smell of a pure soap like Ivory makes me feel better. Liquid, bars, or even powdered, I like them all. Anything washed in soap and water suddenly feels healthful, bright, and somehow virtuous. I’m glad to have chemical wipes like Clorox and Purell when I can get them, but my…
Grateful today for these beautiful crocuses at the side of my driveway and other signs of spring. Forsythia buds. The nest with peeping chicks at the corner of the garden. Warmer days that promise better times ahead. These lines from Gerard Manley Hopkins have been ringing in my head today: And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown…
Time to reset my gratitude project 2020! In the midst of whatever is happening, practicing daily gratitude can help you remain calm and handle what comes your way. Today, to start off my gratitude project 2020, I’m grateful for people who help me understand my emotions better, like this post from HBS about grief by Scott Berinato. I hope you find time today to read this piece about handling emotions that come from loss, and the meaning or wisdom that…