https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2eKc1N4c8k&feature=youtu.be When Your Plate Is Overfull… It’s Time for a Smaller Plate! We all get overwhelmed sometimes, and for many it’s all about over-committing, over-working, over-promising, and “over” any number of other things. It’s great to be passionate about what we do, but it can lead to big trouble real fast when we over-do it …
I had a conversation with my mother yesterday as I do every Sunday. She is 85 years old and lives independently about 1700 miles away. She was telling me about a neighbor who took her to lunch this past week. He paid the bill. My mother’s presumption was that he did that because she made …
We live in a reactionary world. With so much happening around us, so fast, and so constant, it’s hard to stay in response- versus reactionary mode. We’re on auto pilot much of the day and that’s exactly how the powers-that-be want it! Whether it be advertisers, government, politicians, or even sometimes our most intimate partners, …
Paradise (re)Discovered Chapter 6 – We Live in a Reactionary World More »
I received a wonderful quote in my email today. It came from Frederic Craigie, PhD and was sent as a Weekly Reflection that he sends. Today’s Reflection was from Gregory Boyle, SJ and it read: “The measure of our compassion lies not in our service to those on the margins, but in our willingness to …
