Positivity

Some years ago, I was living in an old cottage, on a farm in France. One day, driving back from the boulangerie, I spotted a tiny bird in the lane, just by my house. I stopped the car and, using a towel, picked it up and placed it gently in the hedgerow. The following morning, I heard a strange noise at my front door, and when I opened it…

When we look around this big, beautiful world we live in, it can seem a little overwhelming – especially right now. Wars, conflicts, poverty, crime, economic crisis – sometimes it seems that life is not the blissful one we grew up in. And yet, in many ways, it still is. The sun rises and sets…

Let’s be honest. Most midlife women don’t walk around saying, “I feel like the Holidays are a real drag because I have to do it all.” Of course not. You love the season. And after all this time, you’re good at it. You’ve got your routine…

Do you sometimes feel yourself growing grouchier and more irritable as the years go by? The body’s aches and pains and the woes of the world can make us all feel…

Anticipation is a big part of life. Sometimes it lifts us up, sometimes it weighs us down, and sometimes, it makes our minds jump far ahead of where we are…

Sometimes we ruminate on thoughts that simply aren’t true, aren’t productive and aren’t kind. We would never speak to a friend this way, so why…

When you read, “thoughts become things,” what comes to mind? Let’s picture it. When you awakened this morning, what was your first thought? Was it positive? Maybe it was thanks for another day or a wish that you would make good decisions or maybe it was thoughts about all you had…

Looking forward to something, like a trip, a visit, or even a simple daily routine, like walking the dog, can brighten our days. The joy of anticipation gives us a reason to get up, to smile, and to carry on with the ordinary things we don’t particularly enjoy, like washing dishes or folding laundry…

As the leaves fall, the trees become bare, and a few apples hang stubbornly on my apple tree; ebony crows sit watchful on the fence row. I, too, have hung stubbornly to the tree, resisting change. In the last few evening hours before Daylight Savings…

I have always been very fortunate with health, so I am not complaining at all, but it was a bit of a shock to receive not so positive news. I had travelled all over the world, much of it on my own, and loved it. So when I found that travel, as I knew it, would be difficult, it felt like the beginning of the end…