What day is today?
Does your mood depend on what day today is? Or does your day depend on your mood? Is it a “TGIF” or “hump” day? Is it delightful or dismal? How about telling yourself each morning as you get up that this is a: Marvelous (or miserable?) Monday, Terrific (or terrible?)Tuesday, Wonderful (or weary?) Wednesday, Tremendous […]
Is it art? You be the judge!
There is fascinating research saying that 98% of us test as highly creative at the age of five, and by age twenty-five, only 2% of us test that way. Since this is the month of Halloween, I’ve just started seeing photos of what are really creative jack-o-lanterns! Instead of the traditional faces that my sisters […]
Your life is a symphony…
Tuesday night was the opening concert of the Walla Walla Symphony for this season. And it was great with Mendelssohn, Rachmaninoff, and Leonard Bernstein as well as Stephen Beus’ piano playing! We can consider our lives as a symphony, knowing that before the first note is played, the composer has a purposeful vision for the result […]
Do you fill your bowl?
In our culture, our instinct is to fill the bowl. We’re used to having a coffee that nearly reaches the rim or a level of debt that’s just below our debt limit. If we don’t want to risk spilling the hot coffee or be caught with not enough credit to handle an unexpected crisis, then, we […]