The Gift
I had an entirely different subject planned for this week’s post. That is, until I opened up Facebook and saw a post from my oldest daughter. Last week she had asked everyone to join her in praying for...
View ArticleA Lesson In Patience
Where I live there is an extra season squeezed in between winter and spring. It’s called Mud Season. It is that time when the five feet of snow that has been gracing your yard has finally all melted,...
View ArticleSeeing The Big Picture
Little by little, Spring is starting to make its presence felt in my neck of the woods. The two days of snow showers didn’t exactly help the situation , but those hardy little spikes of tulip and...
View ArticleWhat’s It Worth To You?
This week we have been blessed with beautiful, warm weather with more on it’s way. Knowing that up where I live the weather can still turn on a last blast of cold before Memorial Day, I take advantage...
View ArticleIf You Think You Got The Wrong Manual
Someone once said that life would be so much easier if we came with a user’s manual. Just think … whenever something went wrong, or we didn’t know how to do something, all we’d have to do is look it up...
View ArticleIn Defense Of Weeds
Hello, my name is Dandelion, and I am a weed … at least that’s what you call me. I am actually a plant just like other plants. I was put here on this earth to be of service and fulfill my purpose. Oh,...
View ArticlePomp and Circumstance
When I think of the month of May, I think of three things: gardening (of course), Mothers Day, and graduations. I live surrounded by colleges, with two campuses of the State University of New York to...
View ArticleIt Ain’t All Sunshine and Flowers, You Know!
It’s raining again for the second day in a row. Actually, it started Saturday night when a storm blew in that knocked our power out for over 2 hours before it came back on. Sunday morning I threw on a...
View ArticleWriting Your Own Fairy Tales
No horror story can scare us as much as the ones we create ourselves. No one is better at playing the big bad wolf in our own lives than we are. We are the monsters under our own beds or the ones...
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Perspective Is Everything
One of the greatest gifts I’ve been given since moving back to the country was the opportunity to get reacquainted with how life flows out here. It came to me the other day as I was looking out of the...
View ArticleSometimes You Just Have to Build a New Nest
If you’ve followed my blog posts over the years, you know that I am a long-time fan of the Decorah Eagles on UStream and Facebook. I have watched this dedicated pair of bald eagles bring 23 babies into...
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The Gift of Presence
Look who showed up at my birthday party this weekend: Yes! It is Flower Bear herself, or, rather, Flower Bear immortalized as a chocolate birthday cake! My oldest granddaughter, Courtney, is so...
View ArticleSowing and Reaping: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success – Week Three – the...
When we are asked to make a choice, often the first thing we ask ourselves is, "What's in it for me?" Then we wonder why we don't feel happy with the outcome. The post Sowing and Reaping: The Seven...
View ArticleThe Harmony of Creating – The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Week 4
Week 4 of the Seven Spiritual Laws of Success is the Law of Least Effort. It never fails to make me laugh when the Universe presents me with moments of understanding by plopping me right in the middle...
View ArticleWishing and Hoping – The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Week 5: The Law of...
Intention is desire without being attached to a specific outcome. The post Wishing and Hoping – The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Week 5: The Law of Intention and Desire appeared first on...
View ArticleLaw of Detachment: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Week 6
"In detachment lies the wisdom of uncertainty ..." - Deepak Chopra The post Law of Detachment: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success Week 6 appeared first on VibrantNation.com.
View ArticleMaking Our Own Music: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success – Week Seven
“When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.” Kahlil Gibran he seventh, and final, spiritual law of success is the Law of Dharma. The Law of Dharma...
View Article100 Pieces of Paper
I have to admit that I’m an old-fashioned kind of girl in some respects. Here in this age of technology and information-at-our-fingertips overload, I still write things down by hand. Maybe it goes back...
View ArticleStraining to Grow: Sometimes “trying” just sets us back
This time of the year is always difficult for me. I begin seeing the first shoots of the daffodils and crocus starting to push through the dirt and I get the urge to haul out all of my gardening...
View ArticleA Eagle, An Egg, And A Lesson In Patience
Wouldn't it be nice if we could all find the patience of the Mother Eagle in our everyday life? The post A Eagle, An Egg, And A Lesson In Patience appeared first on VibrantNation.com.
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