We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.
~Aristotle

I heard someone famous once say that she was not a naturally outgoing person. She simply made the choice to pretend that she was - like she was acting a part in a play everyday. She wanted to be bold, so she dressed up in bold clothes and played the part. When her natural reaction to a new situation was to shrink back and observe, she would jump in with both feet.

And before she knew it, she discovered t… Continue

I went through a period of being unplugged. It's not because I needed to regroup.

Every once and a while I disconnect and go into hiding. I actually don't know why I do it.

So I stopped manic facebooking and twittering, blogging, feed reading, blog commenting, and answering the phone.

And then this happened.

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This is the link for Ellen's call on
"Stress Free Holidays"..even though the holidays are over--you can
still benefit from the energy of the session..and have an experience
of the repatterning work.

Feel free to download the MP3 and to share your thoughts, feelings
and questions with others who were on the call by responding on this blog.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/neatandsimpleliving/2008/12/05/Setting...

I have been having computer problems from hell.... I own two laptops, and neither of them work right.. lol Then my AT&T box burnt out and I had to wait for them to send me a new one...
Just one thing after another... add to that the marriage problems that have been a problem for years that have been much worse lately, and homeschooling, and work, and every other bloody thing I do every day, and you'll understand why I have been absent for so long!! LOL... Gotta laugh at it, or else I'd pull… Continue

In China, a common way to wish someone less than well is to say, "May you live in interesting times." Looking at the world through the lenses of the news these days, it gives pause to wonder who spoke those words over us, doesn't it? We have the situation in Gaza; another huge company has filed for protection as of the noon news; and if you live in Illinois you have the twin scourges of the weather and the trainwreck of state government to deal with.
How can one avoid getting caught up in the ne… Continue