Needing a lot more of this!
KINDNESS. Good word, but why is this the word that was offered to me for this week’s blog? I went to the Thesaurus to see the words that are offered as synonyms for KINDNESS, and then I checked out the antonyms: Animosity Hatred Hostility Indecency Intolerance Cruelty Ah, now I get it — aren’t these…
Read MoreCreating a New Year
This year is going to be different. This year I’m really going to make things happen and get what I want. Have you ever heard yourself say these words only to see more fizzle than sizzle in that year? I sure have. I have also started many a year not really sure what I wanted,…
Read MoreLights — the Gift of the Season
What’s the first word that comes to your mind when you think of Christmas? I asked myself this question as I was trying to come up with something meaningful to blog about on Christmas Eve – curious to hear what I would say. Well, of course there wasn’t just one word – there’s parties and…
Read MoreLife and Miracles
In the midst of my meditation this morning a word — MIRACLE — suddenly appeared in my mind’s eye. This after spending the week ruminating on a myriad of thoughts, searching for the just right word or thought for this blog. This word – MIRACLE – couldn’t be more perfect. I get to share with…
Read MoreWeapons of Mass Destruction — or Creation?
Don’t you just hate it when you’re sailing along feeling like you are quite healed and enlightened when an event or words suddenly occur and you find yourself in extreme reaction? It feels like a Weapon of Mass Destruction has descended on your calm and peaceful existence. Well, that’s how I felt recently when…
Read MoreWhat’s In It For Me?
“Your first blog should be about what motivated you to write the book,” said my publicist. This made sense to me since, upon hearing I had written a book, most people asked me my motivation for writing it. Now I’m thinking the most important question is, “what am I going to get out of reading…
Read MoreWhat Will People Think?
The whimsical genius of Brian Andreas and his Story People couldn’t say it better, “I don’t have too many vices beyond caring what other people think, she said, but that’s a big one.” This piece of art magically appeared in a gift store I was browsing in one weekend while I was writing about just that — my concern…
Read MoreGotta love my fans!
You just never know who’s going to like your book. Imagine my delight when I received this text from Brie, my 10 year old granddaughter: “Hi Mimi. Your book is so cool. Also seeing your face on the back of the book is so cool!! I’m on Chapter 4 now.” Chapter 4’s title is, “What Was…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About Love
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day – the perfect time to talk about love, right? There’s so much to say – what do I want to say? – and, how do I distill lovedown into a few paragraphs? Remember the silly game we played as kids, pulling the petals out of a daisy, saying, “he loves me, he…
Read MoreWhat are you thinking?
The average person has about 48.6 thoughts per minute, according to the Laboratory of Neuro Imaging at USC. This adds up to a total of 70,000 thoughts per day. That’s a crazy number. Even if it’s only 50,000 thoughts a day, that’s a lot. Several sources estimate that 70% of these thoughts are believed to…
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