Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people. Fred Rogers The beloved “Mr. Rogers” An update every few days does not do this amaryllis justice. The redness is clearly visible here…but before I had a chance to post this…it grew …
Growing
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. Abraham Lincoln This are flowers that are just starting to hatch…this flower pot has a place of prime real estate right in the middle of the table in the middle of household …
Growing
Kids are great. That’s one of the best things about our business, all the kids you get to meet. It’s a shame they have to grow up to be regular people and come to the games and call you names. Charles Barkley Professional basketball player Ouch. A call to be aware as we grow–to grow …
Learning what Vulnerability is
It’s not easy going to a therapist.Sometimes us therapists need to really feel what that is like. Being vulnerable and doing some strange in an unfamiliar environment. That’s a tall order and therapists really need to “get it”. Last week I finished off the fall teaching with my students at the University of Manitoba. The …
Growing
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama What a difference a week makes! This amaryllis is starting to strut her stuff…The bud of the flower is moving steadily northward daily. …
A thought
“Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.” Merle Shan
Pouring Ourselves into Relationships at Christmas
In the Christian church, the four weeks preceding Christmas is a time called “Advent”–the church says it is a time of preparing heart for Christ’s arrival at Christmas. For most, it is a frenetic time of shopping, parties, decorating and brainstorming about what to get the person “that has everything”. The Meeting Place is a …
Growing
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work ~Calvin Coolidge This baby is growing, and growing fast–this plant is one working-hard-plant! I think the little shoot on the left is the stalk waiting to happen…it’s thick and fat and full of promise. We’re watching it …
A family with 2010 kids and counting
Went to a fabulous concert this evening…performed by the children of the Mulli Children’s Family from Kenya. Un-buh-leev-able! Strong and tight harmonies, very well spoken and confident kids…they had SO much life in their eyes. Mulli Children’s Family is a place where over 2000 children live, learn and are loved. Charles Mulli, a man himself …
Growing
Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles, and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you’ll take, you’ll grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self confident and more and more successful. Mark Victor Hansen …