What is your relationship with time? Are you racing against time?…behind the times?…biding one’s time?…wasting your time?…doing double time?…living for old time’s sake?…have no time to catch a breath?…having a hard time?…killing time?…living on borrowed time?…finishing in the nick of time?…pressed for time?…running out of time?…wanting to turn back time?… If time has become a […]
Category: Counseling
“Tried that Before” Wisdom…
When I was young I had the opportunity to drive a cotton harvesting truck. A friend of mine had a farm which grew cotton and it was harvesting time. The truck was loud, burdensome and difficult to control. One had to drive very straight for the truck would pick several rows of cotton at a time. […]
A Ladleful of Simplicity…
I recently was told this story… Once there was a woman who wanted to buy a new soup ladle. She went to a silversmith and he showed her varied ornate and embellished soup ladles. She asked, “Do you have anything else to show me?” He brought out a ladle that was plain and free of any embellishment […]
Brave Enough to Bare it All?…
Alicia Keys has caused quite a stir with her recent #nomakeup movement. Showing up for a photo shoot barefaced after a workout, her photographer asked to photograph her “as is”. She admitted being nervous at first, but in the end experienced a real freedom and transformation from uncovering her face and being photographed in all her natural […]
Laced Up, Ready to Climb, Step by Step…
There are times one is given a foreshadowing of life’s hill ahead… It can be daunting. But it’s not about how far you travel daily or even how quickly you journey. It’s all about showing up each new day, with hiking boots laced up, ready to climb, step by step. This is perseverance… Today I […]
