Notes To My Younger Self:
There is nothing wrong with working hard, meeting goals and being productive. So long as you don’t run yourself ragged. You live in a world where it’s socially acceptable—even revered—to jam-pack your days with work, learning, activities, projects, family, friends and commitments…
Notes To My Younger Self:
photo credit: ebaywesellphotos.com Being intimate can be scary. You will be tempted to worry what others think and live your life cautiously, afraid of letting anyone know what is really going on in your mind and your heart. As a result of…
Notes To My Younger Self:
“A master blesses calamity, for the master knows that from the seeds of disaster (and all experience) comes the growth of self.” ~Neale Donald Walsch E.L. Chappel author of Spirit Dance/Storm Makers/Coming very soon: The Surge If you choose, every experience…
Notes To My Younger Self:
photo credit: pintrest.com Understand that not trusting is not a negative. (Technically, two negatives equal a positive according to Indian mathematician Brahmagupta.) As a matter of fact, I believe that not trusting is the best way to build trust. If you start…
Notes To My Younger Self:
You’ve done your best and your best is enough. E.L. Chappel author of Spirit Dance/Storm Makers/Coming very soon: The Surge “Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid of standing still.”~Chinese Proverb aka The Glamorous Wife
Notes To My Younger Self:
“If I am under pressure and setting myself deadlines, I will stop for a few minutes and think of just this one day and what I can do with it.”~One day at a Time in Al-Anon. E.L. Chappel author of Spirit Dance/Storm…
Notes To My Younger Self:
At times, the world will be too much. Your mind will feel like it’s bouncing from problem to problem until you’recompletely overwhelmed. When you find yourself caught in this tailspin, retreat to your secret place. The place where you feel peaceful, safe,…
Notes To My Younger Self:
Be sure to read a book named The Education of Little Tree; it will inspire you to think of things you’ve known, from a perspective you haven’t considered before. One way that comes to mind is the suggestion that “kin” means less…
Notes To My Younger Self:
Patience: “The ability to endure waiting or delay without becoming annoyed or upset and to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties.” E.L. Chappel author of Spirt Dance/Storm Makers/Coming very soon: The surge “There are different types of patience: the patience of being…
Notes To My Younger Self:
When I was young, fun was automatic. Like breathing. It didn’t take much. Mostly, just being outside. Since everywhere I looked I saw potential. Potential for grand adventures. There were secret nooks to be discovered, trees and bushes to explore, critters to…