Made to Notice
We notice when something is changing, not when it has changed. We are made this way. To attend to the acceleration, not the constant speed To catch the approach of a predator, not the constant sway of the grass To feel the crawl of a spider, but not the constant warmth of the sun We […]
How would life look if we became the change we want to see?
How quick are we to fantasize how life might be, if only what we wished for were true. If life were different, I would be successful. If life were different, I would be recognized. If life were different, I would be loved the way I want to be loved. If life were different. What might […]
Making Space for Him to do More
How I do love to make myself useful. In fact, that instruction still rings gently in my ears from my mother, frustrated that I had too much time on my hands with nothing to do. “Go make yourself useful,” she’d say good-naturedly. And I would go and be about some other twaddling as a teen […]
Seasons Past, Seasons Passed
Back to school shopping cool weather, shorter days, acorns plop, tinted leaves crunch under my feet. yellow. orange. red and brown. Christmas shopping bundle up, day gives way, a dusting of white, hollow, whistling wind stings my face. black. white. gray. Easter shopping warm sunshine, moist buds, dampened earth encourages its blooms merry pitches delight […]
When life throws you change-ups
Routine, are you friend or foe? How I do love to know what to do and when to do it. That feeling of confidence when, like clockwork, this ticks so that tocks. The alarm goes off at 5:45. The morning coffee. The paper. The blog post. The conference call. The lunch hour. The 5:00 rush […]
The wide arc of change
Every generation sees change that needs making. Wrongs that need righting. Laws that need repealing. Injustices that need addressing. The young want to turn things around on a dime, right now. I love that about youth. They want things to be different and they want to be the difference. Age and wisdom teach that change, […]
Changing Habits – Harder and Easier than We Think
Change is hard. We are used to what we do. Oh, we may think we’d like a change – because we’re bored or unhappy or because things aren’t going well or because we KNOW there must be a better way to do this – but actually making the change is difficult. If you don’t believe […]
