Changing Misfortune To Fortune
“Here is a rule to remember in the future when anything tempts you to be bitter: not ‘this is a misfortune’ but ‘ To bear this worthily is good fortune’.” Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD Roman Emperor and Philosopher
“Here is a rule to remember in the future when anything tempts you to be bitter: not ‘this is a misfortune’ but ‘ To bear this worthily is good fortune’.” Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD Roman Emperor and Philosopher
This is the second week of my “Create The Day” Series. How will you create your day, your week, your year? The power is in our own hands to create a life we love. This week I’d like to create with gratitude and joy (I hope I can). This weeks theme is Gratitude This morning I…
Yesterday I could not even enter my own linkey list, not surprised that no one else did either. That’s okay, I wasn’t expecting a big turn out right away, especially since I didn’t have much chance to promote it. However, I’m submitting my “Create The Day With Joy” post today. It won’t be what you…
“Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be” -Grandma Moses
Mom Bloggers for Social Good supporting another worthy cause! Helping African grandmothers support their families and deal with AIDS. Please read this post from MBSG: Partner Feature – The Nyanya Project.
It was a warm sunny day, so unusual for January 1st in upstate NY. I gathered my belongings to leave from an overnight stay, took them to my car and left them on the hood. I didn’t have the keys. This stump and the green grass below it called out to me saying, “Come, join…
Michael at Have A Dream, has some really good advice for getting through the hard times. Actually it’s good advice for anytime, so please check out this post by clicking the title above and then click the link: Live, Dream, Work..
I’m very grateful to Kristen at http://www.stressandhealthonline.com for giving me the Versatile Blogger Award. Her site is full of valuable health information, and it’s my favorite color too. So check it out, you’ll be happy you did. My responsibility as a recipient is to: 1. Thank the person who awarded it to me by linking back to them…
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead
My husband teaches art classes at several places. One location is Kimbal Jenkins Estate in Concord, NH, which is a very beautiful place to have an art school. We often go there for student & faculty shows as well. We went to a show last spring and a few days ago. Both times my husband…
So here is my latest bag, but I haven’t found buttons yet, so it’s not quite done. It’s big enough to be an art tote, you could put sketch pads, paint brushes and all your other gear in it. It could also work as a diaper bag, I would have used it for that back…
What Fun We Had As Children We made creative use of whatever we could find to play with, even our environment. A hill could be a mountain or a dinosaur, and a stream could be a river or a moat. Our bikes could be magic carpets and our arms could be wings. Whatever our imaginations…