Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer -- .......

I'm on the East coast - and, well summer, weather that is, never really got started. There were a couple steamy days, and now fall is beginning.

Oh, I took fresh strawberries and cheese to the Pig Roast which was grand in many ways. Just stopping in to say summer is just about over and I've scheduled my first fall class to take, and looking forward to getting back to the keyboard. Also, since my computer has been fixed. It was a puzzler, yet it took a grand computer mind to figure out that the wireless card was competing with Windows to access the Internet. Neither won - so I was, thus more quit than I might have been. Yet, he negotiated a truce and I'm back on the Internet.

And, admittedly, this past week, I was still in "vacation" mode, and have begun to play on Facebook with Mafia Wars. My daughter and son-in-law play it so thought I would test drive it. Well, I am hooked. I tried a couple other games, yet determined this can be played without constant attention, and a light heart.

Since representatives of many states have commented, I would love to hear how your summer has been, and if you had one. Please share, and let's get this party started again.

New photo coming soon - as soon as the "right" one appears.
Squeeze joy........

A Tidbit -- can be enough

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do."
~Edward Everett Hale

Good Morning! Hope this finds you all prospering, enjoying, enriching, being enriched, and unburdened. Today, as I continue to move into my newest residential environment, and learn more in my new day job, I saw this quote. I have been rather quiet for the past few months. I felt a need to simply get things done. Moving takes focus, a new job takes focus. Also, I have been reading Christian fiction. A series that totally captured my attention, holding me, a delighted prisoner of words - the author, Jan Karan.

The point to this post? As with most of them - it is what you "hear" in your mind when you read it. It might be nothing........

Cheers - and, summer is not over. Pig Roast today!!!! Next thought is what to take as a dish to pass. And to celebrate SATURDAY!!!!!

Cheers!!!!!!

NOT GONE -- YET.....

I'm moving. Yes, I'm changing my physical space, and that process is taking a lot of my time. Also, my computer is sick - and will be repaired after the move in it's new space.

Taking a moment to wish you all well, joy, grace and peace as we move toward the 4th of July holiday. Independence - what does it mean to you?

Blessings ----

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to all the fathers in the World. You are so very much needed by children everywhere -- not only your own children, yet by those who are friends, neighbors or those you coach or even by children that simply "see" you round and about. If you don't have children of your own - you can still lead by example.

By ACTIONS and words of course -- you have a strength that you might not recognize, acknowledge or be utilizing. Step up, stand tall - today, and every day.

Happy, Happy Father's Day!!!!!

OPPORTUNITY

Good Morning!!!! It is cloudy and gray this morning; however, there is no snow. Ahhhh. In preparing to physically move next Saturday from one home environment to another, a thought occurred to me.

What is it about moving that creates people to utter - "UGH!!!!!" Perhaps, being forced to making long delayed decisions about what to do with stuff. Or, the energy it takes to simply make changes. There are phone calls to change utilities, and there are more and more of them. Years past it was electric, gas, water, phone, insurance. Those continue and add Internet access, and others I have likely missed this time around.

Within 12 months in 2006 and 2007, I moved three times. Now in 2009, I'm moving again. Yet, as I'm listening to K-Love this morning, and again, making decisions about "stuff" that managed to survive the last three moves, I find myself smiling, energized and happy. As, the decisions have become easier to make. The new home demonstrates that when darkness falls, such as occurred in 2007, that by taking steps each day to move forward, the clouds will float aside and the "sun" will shine, although the air outside is cloudy. The new location has so many advantages to where I am now.

Each day I continue to live GRATEFULLY for everything that occurs. Also, being aware that this minute right now is what is important, and the next one will be as it occurs.

Hey -- HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADS OUT THERE!!!!!!!!. Thoughts about male bashing - perhaps, unfair and to some not deserved. Yet, a thought - is that women were oppressed for so long, and in some cultures it continues. Making changes and raising boundaries can be VERY LOUD before standards are established and life settles into a soft, loving pattern that is inclusive.

Back to focus on moving within the next few minutes.
Cheers!!!!! "Squeeze joy each minute....."

Who is in the Driver's Seat?

Recently in a Sunday sermon the pastor referenced the programs at church, and, especially, the small groups. They are designed to support, and they are not designed to do the work or create the program or be what I refer to as the driver in your life. They are points of interest on a Christian road map. Yet, each individual is designed to be their own driver.

If in your life the driving has been left to someone else, then you are likely, using them as an excuse for not being the person you want to be. Consider stepping into the driver's seat in a different fashion. It is no longer the other person's fault for cutting you off. By thinking differently, making it my responsibility the thoughts shift to, "Perhaps I was following too close and did not leave enough room." This is not a victim's thought, it is a relaxed person's thought.

Yet this is not the driver's seat I was originally referring to. Wake up tomorrow morning, with the idea that YOU are the driver and are able to change direction both literally and figuratively.

Happy Travels!!!!

OPPORTUNITY

GOOD MORNING!!!!! Wow - the sun here in upstate NY is bright, and that is a very sweet treat.

It occurred to me this morning, and I will admit most, not all mornings, that the day as my eyes open and I awake, is full of OPPORTUNITY.

Regardless of where your mind is at the moment, or whatever your experiences at the time -- the day provides opportunity. When your mind, your feelings and your actions match - then positive flow and ebb is very apparent.

Oops missed the quote today; yet, that is the sweet thing about each day, each hour, each minute - there is opportunity.

Oh, and thanks so much to the two Coaches who took the opportunity to comment. It is delightful to hear from you, and thank you for hanging around. If you would like to connect - send me an e-mail. Isn't it what we recommend - not to sit quietly in the background or the closet-- live, share and experience. Hmmm - your thoughts?

Cheers -- "Squeeze joy each minute......