• Mind,  Soul

    Stop and Find the Critters

    Lately I find myself feeling overwhelmed.  The demands at work keep compounding over the years and while I keep thinking if I just get over this hurdle and things will improve that has not happened.  Instead, I am exhausted and letting chores at home go, this starts the vicious cycle when I get mad at myself for not keeping things the way I like them.  My floors are not vacuumed, the dishes go days without being done, and we order takeout more often then we should.  I feel off kilter and need a reset but have been too tired to figure out how to accomplish the reset.  Yesterday gave me…

  • Mind,  Soul

    Big Dreams

    Currently the Powerball is at an all time high, somewhere in the billions.  Just like much of the country I am playing and dreaming of what I could do if I won. Also, like the majority of the country I will be a bit disappointed when I don’t win. All the thoughts of how I could help others, the trips I would take and the cars I would buy will dissolve, but why do I have to wait to win a large sum of money?  What if I look to see what I can do now?  So the Maserati will have to wait, but what if I take a bag…