Tag Archives: life lessons

A Time to Speak… A Time to Listen

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Lydia

As we get older, we like to believe we have all the answers.  What we need to understand is throughout our lifetime, there will be times when we will be the teacher… and other times the student.  There will be … Continue reading →

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Time to Release Our Fears and Manifest Change and Greatness

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Lydia

It’s a new year.  That means a lot of different things to each of us.  Primarily it means leaving another year behind, but more importantly getting a fresh start on something new.  Here is an exercise I go through each … Continue reading →

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Demonstrating Gratefulness through Trust

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Lydia

As someone who writes regularly, the thesaurus has become one of my favorite tools for exploration.  Today I was compelled to examine the word “Trust”.  It is the foundation of a steady stance, a hand to hold in uncertain times, … Continue reading →

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Home…How Sweet It Is!

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Florence

Home has been on my mind, like sort of consuming me. With the holidays coming, way too fast I might add, my friends are all talking about “going home”. The idea of going home for the holidays is so foreign … Continue reading →

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Allowing the Flow in Others

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Lydia

Before I had my son, I made many observations about how other people were choosing to parent their children.  Some good, some not so great.  One thing I noticed often (and still do today) is parents who “gasp” when their … Continue reading →

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Traveling in Someone Else’s Shoes

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Lydia

What a great metaphor for life. Shoes can be a wonderful symbol of a person’s character and the paths they have traveled… and, those they have yet to travel. If shoes could talk, many stories would emerge. Amazing stories might … Continue reading →

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Listen… There Are No “Coincidences”

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Lydia

I hate to start a post out this way, but sometimes we all need to be reminded of those things that shake us to the core of our self to force us to really watch and listen.  Certain experiences in our lives … Continue reading →

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Without darkness there is no light

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Lydia

It seems to me there is a growing number of people around me going through hard times lately.  Friends losing jobs, being out of work for not just months but years, ugly divorces, destructive relationships, loss of loved ones, general loneliness and despair… the list … Continue reading →

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Live, Laugh, Love

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lydia

You see those wall signs everywhere. Most of the time you just pass them right by.  One day, those words became more relevant for me than any three words in the life I had led up to that point.  “What … Continue reading →

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