Tag Archives: balance
FMM 9 25 2020 Work Hygiene
“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Sometimes I am the last person to follow my own advice. When I graduated from nursing school many years ago, I was greeted at the end […]
FMM 2 28 20 Perfect Balance
“To him who is in fear everything rustles.” ~ Sophocles. I have always been fascinated by my dreams. I still have a clear memory of a dream I had as a child. I was in a forest where all of the trees were ghostly white. There may have been animals like statues, also white. The […]
FMM 7 7 17 Soul Ajar
“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.” ~ Emily Dickinson. My mother once got prayed against. In an open church. By Deacon Morris. I have noticed that I tend to write more stories of my mother than my father. But perhaps it is because if you know my father, you are […]
FMM 12 11 15 Balancing Act
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony”~ Thomas Merton. In case you didn’t know, with or without your help, your body always strives for balance. There is even a word for it: homeostasis. It is the drive to keep things in check, to correct what life, illness, and […]