Day 050: Snoozing vs. Sleeping in Self Care
I woke up with a headache this morning. My alarm and off at five, and I hit snooze. Seven minutes later I hit snooze again. Seven minutes later I hit snooze again. I normally wake up early so that I can go out and get my morning cardio in spend 10 minutes or so cleaning…
Read MoreDay 049: America Has Been a Great Place to Experience Trauma
Trauma happens everywhere. It’s inescapable. Whether your trauma is heavy and early, like in the case of child abuse or molestation or older and natural like the decline and loss of a parent, trauma is universal and will hit us all at some point. As I wrote yesterday’s post expressing my gratitude for those we…
Read MoreDay 048: When It Seems Hard to Be Grateful, Remember
When things are not going well, it is easy to get down on yourself and on other people and circumstances as well. It seems when one thing goes wrong, everything goes wrong. You get caught in a negativity snowball which gets bigger and more out of control the longer you roll downhill. This can make…
Read MoreDay 047: Gratitude Journal May 28, 2023
Sunday is a day of rest. As a single mom of five boys, I’m not sure I’ll ever get a day of. R.E.S.T. That said, one thing I will do is not do work I don’t enjoy or won’t get satisfaction out of it work that doesn’t help me start off the week more centered…
Read MoreDay 046: Our Towers of Babel vs. the Holy Ghost
Only 11 chapters into Genesis, the first Book of the Bible, and mankind has already become so full of himself that he believes he can build a tower to God. It is not that God does not want mankind united with Him. He Loves you and very much longs for unity, but unity at any…
Read MoreDay 045: The Limitations of the 45th President and of Ourselves
Day 45 of my trying to figure out what it means to Live, Not Ordinary makes me think of one of, if not the most, not ordinary presidents our great nation has ever had. Donald J Trump was the 45th president of the United States of America, and I will not attempt to hide my…
Read MoreDay 045: Do Small Things Consistently
True confession here: I have no idea how to become a Patriot or a Saint. If I succeed in this endeavor, it will be through Divine Providence, not my own power. That said, I have been gifted with opportunities to struggle and suffer and therefore learn. My challenges have been more difficult than others’ and…
Read MoreDay 044: Living Not Ordinary to Live Not Ordinary
God blessed us with the gift of common sense. When we access that gift, it becomes easier to understand that it is through the very act of Living Not Ordinary that we learn to Live Not Ordinary. No matter how much we read about and study the feats of others, at some point we must…
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