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Being of Light
A few days after Hurricane Ian passed through Southwest Florida and other areas, my husband and I finally ventured out to a local shopping area to pick up a few things. Feeling grateful that we had not suffered any great loss personally, but at the same time feeling down and out for those that had…
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It is Time to Dance in the Rain
One of my favorite quotes is by Vivian Greene and it states, “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” I cannot think of a more appropriate thought for the times in which we are all living. The world is in a rapid state of…
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Wearing Your Family Genes
#Accepting your family genes Recently my husband and I made a first time visit to a new physician. During the course of the visit, the doctor was reviewing my medical records and then inquired about my family history. Nothing unusual about that request as that is the norm. This doctor was highly recommended for his…
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Disconnect to Reconnect
#Lesson: Take time to be still Have you looked at your phone lately? Maybe in the last two minutes, or maybe you feel like taking a sneak peek right now to see if you received a text, email or even the latest meme. As soon as I wake up in the morning, I plug my…
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Lost in the Hermitage Museum
#Lesson: “the past is history, the future is a mystery, your present is today” With the Ukraine and Russian conflict in the news, I have been heartbroken to see the destruction of lives and the evil of war. Watching the horror has filled me with sadness and conflict about a visit my husband and I…
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Finding My Voice
I love the quote that Madeline Albright once stated, ”it took me a long time to find my voice and now that I found it, I am not going to be silent”. That particular quote made me to think about how I have learned to utilize my own voice, but in a different way. Madeline…
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What Kind of Ripple Do You Make?
What is a ripple you might ask? According to the dictionary, a ripple is “a situation in which an event produces effects which spread and produce further effects”. A perfect example of this is when you dip your toe in the swimming pool and a single ripple of energy spreads to the entire pool and…
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Is the world your oyster?
Most recently my husband and I took a long awaited trip, one that we had planned pre pandemic. It was an important trip for my husband, as we went to Scotland and Norway his ancestral homes. The trip departed from Amsterdam, so we took advantage of a few days in the Netherlands as well. On…
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Listening With Your Heart
Listen, can you hear your heartbeat? What is it telling you? Is it beating slow as you sit down to read a book? Or are you on the elliptical machine and maybe it is beating faster than it should. Or maybe you just saw your favorite person and your heart even skipped a beat or…
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Love & Healing to Florida
Dear Readers, Some of you may not know that I live in Southwest Florida, where we recently had a massive hurricane devastate our area. As this hurricane was approaching our coastline it had so much energy attached and unexpected level of intensity, many people did not have time to evacuate it’s wrath. Hurricane Ian hit…
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Disconnect to Reconnect
#Lesson: Take time to be still Have you looked at your phone lately? Maybe in the last two minutes, or maybe you feel like taking a sneak peek right now to see if you received a text, email or even the latest meme. As soon as I wake up in the morning, I plug my…
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Staying Positive in a Negative World: Sally Watts from Daily Spark TV on Vimeo
Staying Positive in a Negative World: Sally Watts from Daily Spark TV on Vimeo — Read on player.vimeo.com/video/745160816
Blemished But Not Broken 