We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. Jane Austen Great plans need to percolate. I use to think it was important to make a plan and execute. Get it done. I now realize it is more valuable to make a plan and let it germinate awhile. Give the brain time and space to think of new twits, better options. The original plan becomes clearer and more dynamic, fits the objectives I have. I feel more at ease with the plan. I

“If you’re reading this... Congratulations, you’re alive. If that’s not something to smile about Then I don’t know what is.” Chad Sugg Remember Chad’s quote as you begin each new day. I am happy to share what makes me smile daily-the knowledge I have made a plan to fully complete our Last Gift Box by June 10, 2018. Bob and I are like the cobbler whose children have no shoes. We have begun and completed chapters of our Gift but there are major gaps, sections that we have no

Do you remember the things you were worrying about a year ago? How did they work out? Didn't you waste a lot of fruitless energy on account of most of them? Didn't most of them turn out all right after all? ~Dale Carnegie I am the queen of worry. I can worry for all of you. I carry worry in an invisible backpack, sometimes so full I feel I'll fall backwards. And when I stop and think about it, I realize all I have to do is confront the worry, know I can not fix everything o

Wow, I just completed the application for the Creator Awards. This included a video, way out of my comfort zone. That said, I did it. With fear and uncertainty in my heart, I pushed enter and send. No going back now. At least I helped the age demographic for entries! Isn't that brave? You, too, are brave. We get up every day to face new trials, joys, hurts and loves. It would be much easier to stay put and never exceed our expectations. But, in my opinion, we are then ch