Tag Archives: appreciation

FMM 3 4 16 Grit in the System

“To love a place is not enough. We must find ways to heal it.”~Robin Wall Kimmerer. Nothing is ever completely bad.  There is always something to be learned.  I find myself at times mindlessly scrolling through Facebook, enjoying random photos and thoughts, stopping to smile at a cartoon or an uplifting thought.  Whenever I find […]

FMM 1 15 16 Each Perfect Moment

“Rage, rage, against the dying of the light” ~ Dylan Thomas In one of life’s perfect ironies, at a time when I am awash in a sea of emotions, I am also full of a cold.  Not surprising that my body should find a way to remind me to slow down, take better care of […]

FMM 9 4 15 My Cup it Overflows

“Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.” ~Karl Barth. I can’t complain. These past few weeks have given me many moments to be thankful for the life I live. Last week I visited my family in the UK – and was able to soak in the beauty of wild wild Wales, the mysterious mountains, the […]

FMM 8 21 15 With Appreciation

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”~John F. Kennedy.  I am screeching to the end of a particularly hectic week, one in which multiple deadlines collided.  Perhaps some of them could have been avoided with better time management, but […]

FMM 5 29 15 How Good and How Pleasant

“The good you do today, will often be forgotten.  Do it Anyway.” ~ Mother Teresa We are raised to be polite, to say please and thank you, to mind our manners.  And most of us expect the same of others.  But what if the gift you present is not material?  I heard a story last […]

FMM 1 23 15 Recycled from 1 27 12 Love the Life you Live

Have you ever looked at your life and questioned what you have achieved? Sometimes we get dissatisfied as we see ourselves still struggling; juggling our numerous commitments and responsibilities. We go on vacation and see how others live, and think we could be happier if only we lived there. If we live in the States […]

FMM 6 13 14 Wake Up!

“Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness” ~James Thurber How often have you said “I didn’t realize…”  We usually have to say it in apology, when we neglected to pay attention to the world around us, or the pain someone else is going through.  When we meet […]

FMM 4 4 14 Thin Places

FMM 4 4 14 Thin Places “Heaven and earth, the Celtic saying goes, are only three feet apart, but in thin places that distance is even shorter.” ~ Eric Weiner.   Considering that I have long been a fan of all things Celtic (an ancient Indo-European tribe that wandered from East Europe as far as […]

FMM 11 29 13 Lower than the Angels

“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” ~ Ray Bradbury This image, dubbed “Celestial Fireworks,” was taken by the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 from the Hubble Space Telescope.  (Courtesy of NASA). Waking up on a cool South Florida morning is a blessing.  In fact, waking up any morning is a blessing.  Yesterday the US […]

FMM 9 27 13 The waiting is the hardest part.

“Our patience will achieve more than our force.” ~Edmund Burke.  I freely admit to being a very impatient person.  If given a choice, I will take the stairs instead of the elevator because of impatience, not for the health benefits.  I realize I am not alone in this.  Pregnancy is one of those lessons for […]