Sick dogs can be scary. In mid-October I woke in the morning to find that my black lab, Seamus, was very very sick. He was unable to stand up, lift his head, or anything. I was very scared. He had been fine when we went to bed the night before. I didn’t want to panic, … [Read more…]
I love playing my harp and I wanted to share just a little more about my harp journey. I’ve been playing since March of this year. When I made the decision to play I didn’t realize how much I would really love playing. That doesn’t mean that my journey thus far has been effortless. I … [Read more…]
I just found this post that I started, but never actually finished. Ooops! It happens. If my routine changes, things tend to slip through the cracks. I’ll share the list of September Happy Things that I started, but I’m sure it is incomplete. I try not to beat myself up too bad when I slip … [Read more…]
August was a very full month. I experienced highs and lows, pretty much like every other month, except August is my birthday month. It the spirit of these blogs I am choosing to focus on the happy things, although some days it would be much easier to focus on the negative. There were many August … [Read more…]
I’ve got a new Jolie hybrid harp. In March I started learning to play the harp. I rented a 26-string Dusty Strings Ravenna just to see if I really liked it. Less than a month into this grand experiment I knew that I wanted a harp of my own. The process of choosing one was … [Read more…]
It has been a very full month. In July I experienced high highs and low lows, somewhat more than is usual for me. It the spirit of these blogs I am choosing to focus on the happy things. It does very little good to focus on the other things. When you read my list there … [Read more…]
It is the end of June. Its hard to believe that half of 2024 is over. There have been many happy things to acknowledge and be grateful for. Of course there have also been things that I found annoying, uncomfortable, unfortunate, irritating, bothersome, or scary. That’s just real life. I am working hard not to … [Read more…]
I woke up this morning wondering if people amplify the bad in their lives out of habit or for some other reason. What I was noticing is that many people use really dramatic language to describe the annoyances, frustrations, and misfortunes that happen in a day, week, or month. Instead of saying “I didn’t like … [Read more…]
“The only thing we are ever dealing with is a thought, and a thought can be changed.” ~ Louise Hay “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw Introduction People have a tendency to believe that their thoughts are facts, even though getting distance … [Read more…]
Its that time again. Here is my Happy Things list for May 2024. I’ve started keeping a running list, much like the one in the book that inspired me, 14,000 Things to Be Happy About, by Barbara Ann Kipfer. I’m not as faithful with it as I aspire to be, but am getting better. I’ve … [Read more…]